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So will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have
been scattered in the cloudy and dark day Eze. 34: 12. . Ter. 32: 39.
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And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather to-gether
his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Mat. 24: 31.
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VOLUME XIX. MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, U. S. A., THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 4899.
NUMBER 9
Bible Reading for Law- Keepers.
Speak, Father, to the place of song
Within thy servant's breast;
Smite not in wrath as Moses did,
The rock where waters rest.
Yea, let its songs come from the depths,
Down where the rock we meet,
That they, like waters from deep wells,
May be refreshing, sweet.
As when the mountain's store is reached,
The waters upward spring;
So let my praise to thee ascend;
Accepted, as I sin.
That thirsty souls, who longing come
To drink at founts of praise,
Find waters that shall be in them
Wells springing all their days.
To Song Writers and Singers.
lsa. 35:
BY FEED RUSTED.
BY F. RUSTED. commandment), Matt.
I THE ark contained the tables of
I. • stone. Deut. 10: 5. 2. The tables
( stone) contained the covenant, the testi-mony,
tie commandments, the law, the
words. Ex. 24: 12; 34: 97- 29; Dent.
4: 13; 5: 3- 22; 9: 9- 15; 10: 1- 5.
3. The covenant, testament, ten com-mandments,
law, words, God gave to
the children of Israel by word of mouth,
speaking directly to the whole assembly;
the ceremonial statutes, laws, or ordi-nances
being given through Moses. Ex.
90: 1; 18: 29; Deut. 4: 10- 14; 5: 22- 33;
► : 10; 10: 4.
4. The words that God spoke on the
mount ( ten commandments) were unen-durable.
( See refarences in preceding
paragraph.) Heb. 19: 18- 91; Acts 15: 10;
Col. 9: 14.
5. The ten commandments, law, cov-enant,
gendered to bondage, death, con-demnation;
hence was contrary to them,
against them, was unendurable, and so
was taken out of the way by nailing to
the cross. Gal. 4: 94; Cor. 3: 6- 11;
Rom. 7: 4- 11; Col. 9: 14- 17; Heb. 12: 19,
20; Acts 15: 10; Gal. 5: 1- 6.
6. We are not under the covenant
( ten commandments) given • on mount
Finai; we have not come to mount Sinai,
but we have come to mount Zion, the
city of the living God, the heavenly
Jerusalem, the general assembly and
: lurch of the first- born; from which
place goes forth the law and the word of
God, for the present dispensation. Heb.
12: 18- 24; Gal. 4; 26; Rev. 91: 2, 9, 10;
Isa. 2: 3; Isa. 33: 22; Jas. 1: 25; 4: 12.
7. We are not children of Hagar, the
bondwoman, the desolate ( that answereth
to Jerusalem that now is and is in bon-dage
with her children) the flesh, the
Sinai covenant ( ten commandments),
which gendereth ( bringeth forth) to bon-dage.
Gal. 4: 21- 31; Rout. 7 : 1- 9 5.
8. We are the children of Sarah, the
free woman, the married wife ( Jerusalem
above is free, the mother of us all.), the
promise, the new covenant, ( not the ten
commandments), that makes us- free.
Gal. 4: 31; Rom. 8: 2.
9. Mark the identity ( name or marks
by which we know) of the law, to which
the Jews, or children of Israel, Hebrews
were formerly married, and to which
they became dead by the body of Christ,
and so becoming free to marry another
( Jesas Christ) by whom they could bring
forth fruit unto God, when that is refer-
70d to, by clouting, ' Thou shalt not
CHRIST VS. • MOSES.
Adultery ( seventh. commandment),
Matt. 6: 27, 9S.
Murder ( sixth
6: 21, 22.
A man could be judged by the ten-commandment
law only after he had
committed murder or adultery- the out-ward
act. A man can he judged by the
law of Christ for having the same in his
heart, whether he commits the outward
act or not. This shows a change of not
in the law, placing the penalty as
already pronounced, and punishment as
already merited, when the sin is found
in the heart. These changes Christ did
make, when here on earth. The Jaws
which were based upon the ten- com-mandment
law ( constitution of the Jewish
Jaw system) also underwent - the same
process, being discarded or put away, for
better laws to take their place.
MOSES VS. CHRIST.
Divorcement. Matt. 5: 31, 32.
Swearing oaths. Matt. 5: 33- 37.
Eye for eye, etc. Matt. 5: 38- 42.
Loving and hating. Matt. 5: 43 47.
Fasting. Dan. 9: 3; 10: 3; Matt. 6: 10-
18.
Note that only the manner or conduct
of those fasting is affected, sackcloth,
ashes, sad countenance, etc., being put
away.
Law- keepers put great stress upon the
saying of Christ, or rather a part of it,
which, considered alone, does not give us
his meaning at all. " Think not that I
am come to destroy the law or the proph-ets:
I ant not come to destroy hut to
fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till
heaven and earth pas- away one jot or
one tittle shall in no wise pass from the
law till all be f ulfilled ' - Matt. 5: 17,
18. This dues not say that the law will
not pass away until the heavens and
earth pass away, by any means, but it
does give us to understand that it must
all be fulfilled or else it will stand until
then. Christ came to fulfill all the
law; hence he caused it to pass away
before the heavens and earth pass away.
As to- how long before, we see that nearly
1900 years of the time has expired. All
the law is fulfilled in us who _ love one
another. Gal. 5: 14; Jas. 2: 8. The
law is then passed away. We as right-eous
men are not under the law; it was
not made for us. 1 Tim. 1: 9. It was
made for lawless and disobedient, for
ungodly and for sinners. Some think
that sinners of to- day are under the ten-commandment
law, but this is also a
mistake; they are judged by what is in
their hearts, as Paul says, ' In the day
when God shall judge the secrets of men
by Jesus Christ according to my gospel."
-- Rom. 2: 16. Truly as Paul. says in
Heb. 8: 9, " Not . according to the cov-enant
that I made with their fathers in
the day when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of the land of Egypt;
because they continued not in my cove-nant,
and I regarded them not, saith the
Lord." It was the new covenant that
was not to be according to the old one.
See verses 8, 10. It was to be an
entirely different one and its Sabbath
instead of . being. a rest from - works ( man...
nal labor) was to celebrate a rest from
dead worka. Heb. 4: 10; 6: 1. When
covet," etc. ( the tenth commandment on
the tables of stone). Rom. 7: 1- 7- 25; 8: 2.
10. The covenant, testament, ten com-mandments
was basis or constitution of
all Mosaic law. Ex. 34: 27; Heb. 9: 19.
11. Moses writes the book of the cov-enant,
which is also called the testament.
Ex. 24: 1- 8; 31: 27; Heb. 9: 19.
12. The book of the covenant, or testa-ment,
contained the ten commandments,
the basis of law as seen above. Ex.
20: 1 to 24: 4 inclusive.
13. The epistles of Christ are men,
upon the fleshy tables of whose hearts
the Spirit of God ( not the finger of God)
has written the new covenant, which is
an entirely different covenant from that
written on the tables of stone or written
with ink On the book before mentioned).
2 Cor. 3: 1- 3, 18; Heb. 8: 6- 13; Heb.
10: 16; Jer. 31: 31- 34.
14. Identity of the law that could not
make perfect. Paul's experiences with
the ten- commandment law, when under
bondage to it, and his experience of free-dom
from it. Rom. 7: 1 to 8: 4 inclusive.
15. When tested thoroughly, as it was
in the case of the person in Mark 10 who
professed to our Lord, " Master, all
these [ See catalogue of commandments
in verse 19.]. have I observed from my
youth," it was band that the ten- com-mandment
covenant could not make per-fect;
things being required as necessary to
perfection that the ten- eommimdment
law did not include. Verse 21. This
clearly shows us that Jesus accepted this
mace's testimony. " Then Jesus behold-ing
hint loved him, and said unto him,
One thing thou lackest"- then he told
him to do things not required by the
law-, or ten- commandment covenant.
Mark 10: 17- 22 ; Matt. 19 : I 6- 22; Luke
18: 18- 23; Ileb. 7: 19.
15. The law then, that could not make
perfect, was the ten- commandment law;
hence it was tine law that was disan-nuled.
Ileb. 7: 1 g, 19; 10: 9- 14.
15. The handwriting of ordinances,
( statutes, laws, decrees) contained the
commandment touching the Sabbath,
and when it ( the handwriting) was taken
out of the way, no man could be allowed
to judge us on the subject of the Sab-bath,
as there was then no law for the
keeping of the seventh day. Col. 9: 14- 17.
16. In these days, when we possess
the substance, - we have no need to pre-serve
and keep, shadows ( sabbaths, meats,
drinks, etc.) Co1.2: 16,17; Heb. 10: 1; 11: 1.
17. The covenants ( testaments), the
giving of the law, the service of God,
the promises, the glory, all. pertained to
the children of Israel,. and were never
given to the G- entiles at all, and they thus
became the enmity ( cause of enmity) be-tween
Jew and Gentile. Rom. 9: 3, 4;
Dent. 7: 6- 11; Jno. 1: 11; Eph. 2: 11- 22.
18. The perfect law of liberty given
us by Jesus Christ, covers ground that
the ten- commandment law does not;
Christ himself pointing out the difference
between his law and the ten- command-ment
law showing his law to be superior,
thus virtually dis: aainulling the former,
as a law and. a better law, can not exist
at the same time on the same statute
book without the better disannulling or
making void . the other. Here are
instances.
Christ spoiled principalities and powers
( Jewish laws and customs) he d: d not try
to preserve them, he allowed them to
decay and vanish away. Col. 2: 15;
Ileb. 8: 13.
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Be Strong.
BY B. F. WEIKEL.
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. I NALLY, my brethren, be strong
in the Lord, and in the power of
his might."- Eph. 6: 10. Now, if ever,
God's people have need of being strong.
With as we find to- day, the many false
doctrines around us and the Devil trans-formed
( as he is) into an angel of light,
it behooves us to be strong in. the Lord.
God does not want us to- go battling
against the Devil in a weak, feeble way.
Some one may say, " I am so weak.
I am young and I have no knowledge.
- I have not the gilt of speech or memory
as many others have and therefore I can
not be strong like others." But, dear
ones, do von know what is the matter?
Just look away from yourself and see the
great God of power that controls the
heaven and the earth, and he will make
you strong_ If you are weak, please
turn to Joel 3: 10. Paul also says,
" When I am weak, then am I strong."
- 2 Cor. 12: 10.
" In that day shall the Lord defend the
inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is
feeble among them at that day shall be as
David." - Zech. 19: S. To find the
account of David please turn to 1 Sam.
17, and read the entire chapter. We find
that David went out to battle against
this great giant of the Philistines whose
height was six cubits and a span, or
about nine feet nine inches. Ver. 4.
This man to battle against the little boy,
or as he is called in verse 56, a strip-ling,
would appear to us a very uneven
contest. Besides this the giant was cloth-ed
with a complete armor, and David
had only his staff and sling with five
shall pebbles: but we find the giant
went forth to battle in the name of the
Philistines ( Ver. 8) and David went in
the name of the Lord of hosts, the God
of the armies of Israel. Ver. 45.
David was young, weak, and inexperi-enced,
but he neither saw himself or the
giant- he saw God's promise as in Josh.
23: 10. So we do not want to see our-selves,
neither the giants that confrongas,
but the never- failing promises of God;
as in 1 Cor. 10: 13; 2 Cor. 12: 9; Rom.
8: 28, with many others of like impor-tance
to us. Praise God ! If you think
you are too young, please read Jer. 1 : 1-
10, also 1 Tim. 4: 12. If you think you
have no knowledge, read Jas. 1: 5. If
you think you have not the gift of speech,
read _ E's. 81: 10, also jer. 1: 9. If you
say you have too poor a memory and
that when you are brought in contact
with the enemy of your soul you can not
remember what- • yon should say to ati.
swer him, tarn to John 14: 26; and if you
have the Holy Ghost, - then jest depend
upon him to lead and instruct you- if
not, you should obey the word, that you
may receive the same.
What is most necessary for us to be
made strong? I - am persuaded that to
get away from. ourselves and see * e
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great power of God is one of the principal
things. If we think in the least that
we can do anything or that we know
anything, then the Lord can not work
through , us; but we must look from
circumstances around us and see, the
knowledge and power of God. When
we see our inability and weakness for
what God may want us to do, then he
can strengthen us. But if we think, I
can pray well, or; I can sing well, or, I
am a good talker, surely I can preach,
then we are apt to think we are
doing it all, and God can not use us. 0
dear ones, to be nothing means so much;
and yet if we will be real useful for God,
we must in truth come to this place.
Heb. 11: 34 we read that there were
those who out of weakness were made
strong. Seeing their own weakness, they
looked to God for strength, which
Put to flight the armies of the aliens.
Praise God!
Paul tells us to put on the whole armor
of God. Now we know that a suit of
clothes made for a boy of ten will not fit
a man - of thirty ears of age; neither
will a suit made for a - man fit a boy.
Just so with the armor of God. It will
at every one if we trim down to it, but
we can not stretch the armor. If we
are exalted in ourself, the suit will be
too small and will pinch. If we shrink
away from duty, it will be too large;
but if we just go forward in Jesus'
name, the armor will fit us nicely and
we will be strong . in the Lord, and victory
shall be ours.
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BY JOHN O. BLANEY.
THE majority of inan- organized,
professed Christian. sects are very
unwilling to admit the fact that they
comprise what John the Revelator saw in
his vision on the Isle of Patmos, that
great city called Babylon. Of course,
since the admission of that truth would be
humiliating to the spirit in the so- called
churches of to- clay, we can easily account
for their reluctance in acknowledging
what , all truly spiritual people readily
recognize; namely, that every congrega-tion
of professors of Christianity whose
existence and profession can not be sus-tamed
by the word of God, is nothing
more or less than a ( lau g hter of confusion
from the mother of harlots and abomi-nations
of the earth. While the religious
world in general shrinks from admitting
the truth, yet ever and anon we find
both the religious and secular part of the
world expressing themselves in a manner
that clearly indicates that they are not
total ignorant of the corrupt condi-tion
and Antichristian attitude toward
God of this professed Christian world.
For the purpose of drawing attention to
this we copy some such expressions from
the London, Eng. 8: peetatar, republished in
the Montreal Family He rald and Efreekly
Star, page 1, Nov. 1, 1898, in an article
entitled " The Credulity of Man."
Why does unreasonable belief exist, even
in civilized nations, and among persons who
are by no means fools in worldly affairs,
after the progress of culture and the many
exposures of fraud and superstition of-which
the records of the • world are full?
England is a highly civilized country, with
cent uries of culture, with ingrained habits
of investigation, shrewd at bargaining, rich
in aphorisms of- worldly wisdom, with hun-dreds
of newspapers and millions of books,
and tens of thousands of schools, and yet,
with all this background of history, and all
this mighty apparatus of knowledge, we all
know that once a popular delusion is started
it will race through the land like a flame
over a prairie, claiming millions as its
victims. . . . Boston is the most cultivated
city in America, and yet there are whole
streets in that . city given over to " medi-ums,"
who make a good living by professing
to cure disease and to foretell the future:
and it is difficult to take up au American
daily paper without seeing advertisements
of wizards and astrologers, showing that the
mcntal attitude of the middle ages— nay,
of ancient Babylon or Judea— 41as nob
ceased to exist in the world's most modern
and progressive nation. . . We have
progressed in social- efficiency, in the
multiplication of contrivances - for. making
Babylon Is Fallen.
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
amine the Word of God and teach what
that holiness will
d'r- PoILloewt Iplseaecxe-not
it teaches. which says.
with all men, and holiness, without will?.
no. manshall see the Lord. "— Heb. 12: 1
Friends, if any of you are teaching
that divine healing is not for the ch_
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dren of God in this day and tlivi mteh, God
have no experience of such, you lack
just that much of being in line
and his mercies, together with the privi-leges
of the gospel. If any are fighting
against holiness, you are robbing your
soul both of happiness inthiasndllifeef and
also of the life which is to come. Eahulo
says to be of the same mind
same judgment. Imagine Paul going
about through all Asia teaching at on t
place sprinkling for baptism, and then at
the next church baptism by immersion,
and that no other was right. Suppose
him going about teaching in one place a
life free from sin, and in another place
that we must sin until death. Suppose
him establishing a church in one place
and calling it Methodist and then . . going
to another place and teaching a doctrine
different from the first, and calling it
Baptist. Would that be the same judg-ment
and the same mind? Would you
think . that would be teaching the gospel
of Christ, or causing division among the
people
I would to God that all professed Chris
p
tians could see the oneness of the body
of Christ and how all should be pert ctly
joined in mind and judgment, teaching
the same things, and all things that are
commanded in God's Word. Then the
world might believe and be saved. God's
church was organized long before Meth-odists,
Baptists, Congregationalists, Dis-ciples,
or any other of the various sects
were gotten up, and therefore all who
belong to God's church have their names
written in the book of life. It is not
necessary that any other name be give
it, for that name is above all. " For othem
foundation can no man lay than that is
laid, which is Jesus Christ."- 1 Cor. 3:
11. " Let no man deceive himself."
" For he is our peace, who hath made
both one, and hath broken down the
middle wall of partition between us; .
. and that he might reconcile both
unto God in one body by the cross, hav-ing
slain the enmity- thereby; . . . for
through him we both have access by one
Spirit unto the Father. . . . And are built
upon the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the
chief cornerstone." — Eph. 2: 14- 20.
Therefore seeing that Christ bath slain the
enmity and made both one, it is no longer
necessary that we be divided but that all
come together and be joined together in
the same judgment.
Is Christ divided? No; neither is the
church of God divided. Every doctrine
that is contrary to Christ's doctrine shall
not stand, and every one who opposes ' his
doctrine shall not stand. " One Lord,
one faith, one baptism." All who fail
to live Christ here would - fail to jive
Christ in heaven. All who are divided
against the true church of God here would
also be divided against it in heaven. If
you can not be in unity with the saints
here, how shall you enjoy unity in hea-ven?
Christ is able to make all grace
abound toward you. If we follow Christ,
we will all be like Christ. - Let . all
forsake their petty beliefs concerning the
church and the word of God, and take a
stand for the truth. There is only one
way, and one door whereby we may
enter the church. That is Christ. Get
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" Purge out therefore the old -
with the sects of eon-
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ylee are unleavened."--- 4 Conr. el5v : 71. ump, as
" If any man teach otherwise, and
consent not to wholesome
the words, even
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tt dooting abosu tP7
the doctrine which - s
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proud, knowing nothing,
is according to
qcurensntiotinIs ( a.. tni ( vtivs. trisfieisi- rDer,
become more powerful as human life
opened out on the planet."
We are not going to judge the spiritt.
character of the author of those expr
shin's, concerning facts before which
stand face to face, but we will brie
draw the nxtention of as many as ewe c
to tarereas9n. why those things are s
We are inclined to believe that the writ
of dais article was struck with the wo
derful similarity existing between ancie
Babylon and modern sectism as regar
their absurd beliefs and idolatrous pra
tices. It was because God knew th
these things would exist in the last day
that he moved the prophet Isaiah
prophesy so much concerning Babyl
aaul God's dealings with the nations
these last days, and commanded him
write it in a book that it might be f
the, time to come forever and ever. Is
30: 8. It was to give light to hone
inquiring minds concerning these thin
that God. in his wisdom and mercy se
an angel to show John corrupt sectis
in the form of a harlot mother and h
family of unchaste daughters ( Romanis
curd Protestantism), named Babylon th
great, thus connecting type and antityp
Rena 11: 5. It was to establish in th
beturt of every saint of God and prove t
the world the divine character of th
Bible, that the Holy Spirit, a few year
ago, began to lead the people of God t
come out mf sectism and renounce it a
of the Deavil, in answer to the voic
John in. his vision heard saying, " Corn
out of her, my people," and proclai
with a loud voice, ." Babylon the great i
fallen, is fallen, and is become the hab
tation of (" evils, and the hold o
every foul spirit, and a cage of ever.
nclean " Laid hateful bi rd. "— Rev
18: 1- 4.
The quest Ion is ; isked, Why doI e
unreasonable belief exist?'' The question
may well be asked, as well as many
otiLer questions of like character. " VVh
s the wise magi, that may understanc
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- his? and who is he unto whom th
nouth of the Lord hath spoken, that h
nay declare it, fior what the land perish
th and is burned up like a wilderness,
lint none passeth through? And the Lor
aith, Because they have forsaken my
aw which I set before them, and have
of obeyed my voice, neither walked
herein; but have walked after the imag-nation
of their own heart, and after Ba-itn,
which their fathers taught them."
— Jer. 9: 12- 14. Yes, it was because the
an y church drifted away from God and
hewed not his voice, but listened to the
oice of a stranger, and left the simplicity
hat is in Christ, that God allowed such
state of things to be brought about.
Surely when the secular papers are
eking notice of the corrupt state of
' hat the so- called civilized world is pleas-
I to call the " visible church," it is high
me for professors of Christ to awaken
the fact that the nakedness of the
reat modern harlot is being uncovered
the sight of all nations. Thus saith
e Lord, " Take the millstones, and
rind meal: uncover thy locks, make
are the leg: uncover the thigh, pass over
e rivers. Thy nakedness shall be
covered, yea, thy shame shall be seen:
will take vengeance, and I will not
eet thee as a man."— Isa. 47: 2, 3. The
habitants of modern Babylon are more
ady to believe a lie than the truth.
hey are ready to believe anything that
eir wise and honorable D. D.' s tell
em, no matter how unreasonable it is
how contradictory to scripture it is.
ay say unto us, " Seek unto them that
ye familiar spirits, and unto wizards
at peep, and that mutter: should not a
ogle seek unto their God? for the living
the dead? To the law and to the tes-iony:
if they speak not according to
s word, it is because there is no light
them."— Isa. 8: 19, 20.
The evening light has come, and we
n see the king id his beauty by faith,
as our enraptured gaze becomes fixed
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BY J. E. FORREST.
44NOW I beseech you, brethren, by
the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that ye all speak the same thing,
and that there be no divisions among
you; but that ye be perfectly joined
together in the same mind and in the
same judgment."- 1 Cor. 1: 10. Seeing
that the apostle Paul uses these words of
exhortation as his first by letter to the
Corinthian brethren teaches us and also
reveals to us the necessity of being per-fectly
joined together in every respect;
not only in one or a few of the many
points of scripture, but in all points.
Not some of us teaching baptism by
sprinkling, some by pouring, and some
by immersion; for this is not the same
judgment: but let us teach baptism as
it is- taught in the Word of God. Not
some of us teaching that washing of the
saints' feet is required of us as an act of
humility, and some of us teaching that
it is unnecessary: but let us all take God's
Word for it and do what it says do. The
Word says plainly," If then, your Lord
and Master, have washed your feet, ye
also ought to wash one another's feet.
For I have given you an example, that
ye - should do as I have done unto you."
— Juo. 13: 14, 15. , Christ says that he
gives us the example that we should do
as he did, and it is no more than our duty
to do such things. Now some of us teach
divine healing of the body in sickness,
and some teach that there is nothing in it;
for the Word of God is our instructor,
which says, " I am the Lord that healeth
thee." Not, some of us teaching and
exhorting to holiness, and some saying
to on his beautiful countenance, we are
transformed by the renewing of our
minds, yea, we " are changed in the same
image from glory to glory, even as by
the Spirit of the Lord."- 2 Co y. 3 : 18.
Hallelujah!, 0' ye professors who are
clamoring for your creeds, and claiming
they are essential to the upbuilding
of, the kingdom of Christ, look at the
conclusion the world is forced to, after all
your progress " in social efficiency, in the
multiplication of contrivances for making
life easier" ( organizing societies and con-ferences,
stationing committees, hiring
preachers, getting up socials, donkey
parties, picnics, dancing and card parties,
plate and basket collections), ponder over
how utterly futile all your attempts at
improving on the simplicit y that is in
Christ are, as you realize how sober-minded
men of the world are expressing
themselves in these words: " But what
we know of ancient Babylon or Greece
compels us to doubt whether the human
mind has really become more powerful
as human- life has opened out on the
planet."
If this world would only believe God's
word and obey its holy precepts instead
of listening to a- generation of worldly-wise
" dumb dogs" who are so ignorant
they can not rightly divide the word of
truth, and who still have the audacity to
style themselves preachers of Christ,
there would not be any occasion for the
expression of such sentiments as we have
quoted from this article. God says of
Babylon, " Therefore shall evil come upon
thee; thou shalt not know from whence
it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon
thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off:
and desolation shall come upon thee sud-denly,
which thou shalt not know. . . .
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy
counsels [ sect machinery]. Let now the
astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly
prognosticators, stand up, and save thee
from these things that shall come upon
thee."— Isa. 47: 11- 13. " For true and
righteous are his judgments: for he
hath judged the great whore, which did
corrupt the earth with her fornication,
and hath avenged the blood of his serv-ants
alaher hand."— Rev. 19: 2.
Let Division Cease and Unity Pre-vail.
These things were spoken about
wisdom: " Hear; for I will speak of
excellent things; and the opening of my
lips shall be right things. For my
mouth shall speak truth; and wicked-ness
is an abomination to my lips. All
the words of my mouth are in right-eousness;
there is nothing froward or
perverse in them. They are all plain to
him that understandeth, and right to
them that find knowledge. Receive my
instruction, and not silver; and knowl-edge
rather than choice gold. For wis-dom
is better than rubies; and all the
things that may be desired are not to be
compared to it. I wisdom dwell with
prudence, and find out knowledge of
witty inventions. The fear of the Lord
is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy,
and the evil way, and the froward
mouth, do I hate."— Prot. 8 : 6 - 8 .
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railings, evil surmisings, perverse disput-ings
of men of corrupt minds, anctiles-titute
of the truth.' 1 - 1Tim. 6: 3- 5.
The Outward Life of the inward
Birth.
BY. JOHN A. VANCE.
44 OR whatsoever is born of God
overcometh the world."- 1 Jno.
5: 4. We see by. this that one who is
truly born of the Spirit is an overcomer.
So, beloved reader, if the world. over-comes
you, you are not born of God; for
we are God's workmanship created unto
good works. See - Eph. 2: 10. " A- good
tree can not bring forth evil fruit, neither
can a corrupt tree bring forth good
fruit."— Matt. 7: 18. " A good man out
of the good treasure of his heart bringeth
forth good things: and an evil man out
of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil
things."— Matt. 12; 35. Wherefore by
their fruits ye shall know them. Some
tell us we can not tell what is in a man's
heart, but that is a mistake; for his out-ward
works make manifest the condition
of his heart. Even sinners can tell by
the fruits: for we read in 1 Jno. 3: 10—
" In this the children of God are manifest,
and the children of the Devil." " Who-soever
is born of God doth not commit
sin."— Ver. 9. " He that committeth sin
is of the Devil."— Yer. 8. What is
plainer?
Some people think because they have
been born again or at one time had a
change of heart, they will get to heaven,
just so they do not go back into the
world find commit sin to the same excess
that they did before, and quit making
a profession. They will say, " I know I
do things wrong and get overcome of
the world. I do not live to the Bible as
I should, but I do not intend to give up
my religion.'' Dear reader, such re-ligion
will not take you to heaven, and
unless you overcome the world and
measure to the Bible standard, live by
every word, you would be better off to
give up your religion and accept Jesus
Christ and have salvation, which means
deliverance from all wrong- doing, and
gives grace to be an overcomer. When
people get deluded with a false theory
concerning salvation or anything per-taining
to the same, it is much harder to
accept the real Bible standard.
My very soul is stirred within me of
late to see the great confusion of so- call-ed
holiness people. It seems that the
Devil is fortifying himself against God's
cause, and is inventing every delusion
possible under a cloak of holiness to dis-gust
people and turn them away from the
truth and genuine holiness, but the word
of God will stand just the same, and
unless people measure to God's word they
can not even stand justified before him
when he appears; for the word is what
will judge us in the last day.
The outward fruits of a justified state
are just as pure and holy as those of a
sanctified one. All the difference in the
two is the condition of the heart. The
sinner's heart is stained with guilt be-cause
of the sins he has committed, but
when he comes to God in true repentance,
for the pardon of his sins, and receives the
new birth, his guilt is all washed away
and his heart is changed from a guilty,
sinful one. to an innocent one, clean and
spotless as that of the infant babe-. But
the inherited sin still exists and must be
purged out or rooted up. It was not
committed and can not be forgiven, but
if the new- born babe continues to bear,
fruit, the promise is that the Father will
purge or cleanse him. Jno. 15: 2. In
order to have access to this purging
one must first be in a state of innocence
and at peace with God and remain so.
" Therefore being justified by faith we
have peace with God through our Lord
Jesus Christ, by whom also we have ac-cess
by faith into this grace wherein we
stand." See Rom. 6: 1, 2, If you. are
not living at peace with God and walking
Christ Our Sanctification.
BY R. ROTHMAN.
4pUT of him are ye in Christ Jesus,
1- 1 who of God is made unto us wis-dom,
and righteousness, and sanctifica-tion,
and redemption: that, according as
it, is written, He that glorieth, let him
glory in the Lord."- 1 Cor. 1: 30.
It has ever been characteristic of
priestcraft to destroy in the mind? of the
people the simplicity of the truth, and
thus keep them from learning that which
would make them free from their would-be
guides and masters. Christ met and
rebuked this spirit in his day. " Woe
unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken
away the key of knowledge: ye entered
not in yourselves, and them that were
entering in ye hindered."— Luke 11: 62.
Sectish preachers have spun about the
doctrine of sanctification such a web of
theories that many of the children of
God have not possessed their possessions,
and some are fatally entangled and
destroyed by the enemy of souls while
they are seeking to know and do the will
of God. There is such a " stiffness" and
want of Bible sobriety and wisdom in
much of the teaching that an honest-minded
man can not accept it without do-ing
violence to his reason. While we are
not to ' lean to our own understanding,'
yet we are commanded to " prove all
things; hold fast that which is good."-
1 Thess. 5: 21. It is the duty of every
child of God to thoroughly examine the
doctrines he hears advanced and try
them by the word of truth. See 1 Jno.
4: 1. It is above all things necessary
that the saints be able to understand the
doctrine of sanctification; and before we
can all see eye to eye we must drop all
traditions of men and allow the Word
and Spirit to lead each of us. The true
Christian reformations have arisen when
men discarded the ideas and theories of
men and misinterpretations of scripture
and returned to the simplicity of Christ.
Our Lord taught the doctrine of sancti-fication
in such simplicity that all may I
understand. '
" I will not leave you comfortless: I
will come to you. Yet a little while and
the world seeth me; RO more; but ye see
me; because I live, ye shall live also.
3. So we see it does not become God's
children to be unclean in any way.
" Nei ther filthiness, nor foolish talking,
nor jesting, which is not convenient:
but rather giving of thanks.''— e'er. 4.
It becometh saints to give thanks instead
of talking foolishly. Some people think
they can forsake the Devil's kingdom -
and come into God's- kingdom and con-tinue
in their filthiness. : Dear reader,
according to God's precious -- Word we
can not; ' for we know that no unclean
person hath any inheritance in the king-
- doth of Christ and of God.'— Ver. 5,
Now we see how G- otl's word puts it.
We can not be filthy and belong to God.
" For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall
die."— Rom. 8: 13. " Now the works of
the flesh are manifest, which are these:
adultery, fornication, uncleanness, las-civiousness."—
Gal. 5: 19. So if we are
Unclean, we are dead in sin.
There are several ways we can be un-clean.
Our talk can be unclean. We
can be unclean in our person Or in our
house_ We have seen persons claiming
to be saved and at the same time very
filthy about their person and filthy in the
house, just as if the Word of God did
not say, " Cleanse yourself from all
filthiness of the flesh. " We must be free
from all filthiness, according to God's
word. When he said " all"- he did not
Mean a part. Some people think they
can be saved and use filthy tobacco after
they have had the light. Who shall
dwell with Christ? " Blessed are the
pure in heart; for they shall see G
— Matt_ 5: 8. " He that bath clean hands
and a pure heart."— Ps. 24: 34. Now
we see that the pure ate the ones that
are going to dwell with Christ. So if
we are impure in our nelsons we lo not
properly represent a pure heart. The
Lord wants us to be clean and neat.
ne say we ha vp to be pro • d if we keep
clean, but that is not so; for God said
he knew the proud afar off_ The Lord
wants us to make our clothes neat and
decent, for he said. " Let all things be
done deeehtly and in order." - We have
seen saints, or people that claimed to be
saints, go out to meeting with their
clothes very dirty, when they could do
better. They would never go out to sect
meeting that way when they claimed to
be sect people. Remember, God's all-seeing
eye is everywhere. He can see
our filthiness everywhere and anywhere.
Some may think that being filthy does
not amount to much but it does. It
amounts to so much that if we are not
pure from all filthiness we can not dwell
with Christ. We have seen saints let
their children go dirty and filthy. Now
this ought not to be. We should keep
our children clean as well as ourselves.
Some- may say I have not the clothes to
keep my children clean. Well, you
have soap and water. That will keep
neir clothes dean, and their faces also.
Now, dear saints, let us see that we
measure to all of God's word, because he
said if we offend in one point we are
guilty of all. Jas. 2: 10. Vie write
this in the love and fear of God, hoping
it will do some one good.
At that duty ye shall know that I am in
my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
He that hath my commandments, and
keepeth them, he it , is that loveth me:
and he that loveth me shalt be loved of
my Father, and I will love him, and
manifest myself to him. Judas saith
unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how. is it
that thou wilt manifest thyself to us, and
not unto the world? Jesus answered
and said unto him, If a man love me,
he will keep my words: and my Father
will love him, and we will come unto
him, and make our abode with him."—
Jno. 14: 18- 23.
The conditions for entire sanctification
are here given in a few words: He that
bath ray commandments, and keepeth
them." The reason the children of God
in sectism can not receive sanctification
is because they are hindered from keeping
the commandments of Christ: and nothing
will retard the glorious work of sancti-fication
more than for the saints of God
to imitate sectism and make some form
and unconsciously get the children of
God to abandon the leadings of the Word
and Spirit. " Where the Spirit of the
Lord is, there is liberty."- 2 Cor. 3: 17.
We perhaps can all agree that it is
God that sanctifies. By reading the
following scriptures we may learn that
the Father sanctifies, Christ sanctifies,
and the Holy Spirit sanctifies. These
three are one; so if we are sanctified by
either, are we not sanctified by all? Jude
1; John 17: 19; 1 Cor. 1: 2, 30; 6: 11;
Eph. 6: 26; Heb. 2: 11; 10: 10; bout. 15:
16; 2 Thess. 2: 1 Peter 1.: 2. The
scriptural teaching of sanctification is
very broad, and when men undertake to
limit or define beyond where the Word
of God does, in order to establish their
own grounds, they must evidently draw
largely from other sources than the Bible. I
Let us allow the Word to settle all points.
Some writers and teachers have gone
to great pains to show how many things
sanctification does for a man. No two
agree, neither can they ever agree;
simply because no two men are exactly
alike, and these petty teachers have
been giving their own experience instead
of allowing the Word to explain itself.
C L As thy faith, so be it unto thee.") In
just so much as God has his way in men,
that much will they manifest the fruits
of the Spirit. Of one hundred sancti-fied
men, perhaps no two will act just
alike, but all will manifest to a greater
or less degree – love, joy, peace, long-suffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith,
gaeekness. temperance."— Gal. 5; 22, 23.
Again, we have heard dear good brothers
testify that when they were sanctified
they felt something like unto a violent
disturbance of their being. Feelings are
right in their place, but let us not trust
to feeling, but rather walk by faith and
the Word.
And now, dear brethren, may God
teach us by his Spirit and keep us in the
light, clear from mysticism. " Rejoice
evermore. Pray without ceasing. In
everything give thanks: for this is the
will of God in Christ Jesus concerning
you. Quench not the Spirit. Despise
not prophesyings. Prove all things;
hold fast that which is good. Abstain
from all appearance of evil. And the
very God of peace sanctify you wholly;
and I pray God your whole spirit and
soul and body be preserved blameless
unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Faithful is he that calleth you, who also
will do it."— 1 Thess. 5: 16- 24.
FILTHINESS.
BY MYTLE DtiNCA. N.
W HEN we are saved, we should be an
example in cleanliness as well as an
example in any other thing that pertains
to . holiness. The dear Lord spoke
through the apostle Paul and said, " But
fornication, and all uncleanness, or covet-ousness,
let it not be once named among
you, as becometh saints."— Eph. 5:
before him in perfect obedience without
committing sin, you need to seek for
overcoming grace and a perfect knowl-edge
that you are his child abiding... in
him, and " whosoever abideth in him sin-neth
not."- 1 Jno. 3: 6. " If our heart
condemn us not, then have we confidence
toward God."- 1 Jno. 3: 21. '` And this
is the confidence that we have in him,
that, if we ask anything according to his
will, he heareth us: and if we know
that he hear us, whatsoever we ask,
we know that we have the petitions that
we desired of him."- 1 Jno. 5: 14, 15.
It says when we keep his commandments
and do that which is pleasing in his sight.
we lave confidence to believe be hears
when we ask according to his will.
You should know that your heart con-demns
you not and you are walking be-fore
him in obedience, living a spotless
life without committing sin, doing those
things that are pleasing in his sight,
walking in all the light, perfectly conse-crated
to him for time and eternity under
all circumstances, bearing the fruits of
the Spirit. So to prove that you are a
child of God born of his Spirit you must
measure to the word in every respect,
be it ever so straight, live a clean spotless
life without committing iniquity. Then
when greater life is given and a forward
move required and greater obligations
and responsibilities, it will be easy to
measure up as it opens before you.
Otherwise there will be a drawing back,
an unwillingness to measure to it, a spirit
of disobedience, which will bring guilt
and condemnation to the soul. Let us
measure to the light and have grace to
serve God acceptably w ith reverence and
godly fear.
THE
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4 THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
In sending money to foreign countries
or elsewhere it is well to thoroughly
investigate before sending to strangers.
We have before us a number of letters
from a man in Jerusalem, written to us
and to brethren in various parts of _ the
country, wherever he could obtain
addresses. He writes touching letters
to ' work upon the sympathies of the peo-
. ple. In some of these letters lie repre-sents
himself as a boy trying to provide
for his poor mother, while he is opposed
and oppressed, etc. In other • letters he
states that he has a wife and three
children. Upon investigation we find
him a Jew spurning Christianity and
boasting of the way he is deceiving peo-ple
of other countries in getting them to
send him money. There are other frauds
in - this country and others of whom it is
Well to beware. Probably the proper
way to expose such persons would be to
give their names, but we withhold names
for the present.
" Oh, what grace and high promotion
That in Jesus I should be
Raised from sin to royal honor,
Even reigning, Lord, with thee.
I am reigning. sweetly reigning,
Far above this world of strife,
In my blessed, loving Savior,
I am reigning in this life."
Dear saints, as I sit this morning writ-ing
this letter to you, my very soul is
filled with heavenly peace and joy, and
God is witnessing so beautifully to my
utter resignation to his will. Hallelujah!
A few days after I was saved, four
and one- half years ago; while praying
all night in an open field, God clearly
and definitely gave me a call to foreign
fields, and to me it seemed it would he
soon and as I plead my ignorance and
inability, and told him I was not quali-fied
for the same, the Holy Spirit gently
pointed me to God's answer to Moses, in
which God said, " Who hath made man's
mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or
deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? Have
not I, the Lord? Now therefore go,
and I will; be with thy mouth and teach
thee What thou shalt say."— Ex. 4: 11,
12. And as clearly as a human being
speaking to me, after showing me all
this, God made it' very clear to me that
1 must arise and go to Chicago, and in
obedience to his will, I shortly after-wards
came, he marvelously supplying
the means. After arriving here I found
myself alone and almost penniless, and
a year in advance, although not strictly
adhered to, we now deem it expedient
to bring it to a cash basis. We feel that
this wilt be satisfactory to our subscrib-ers,
as each one will be notified about
the time their subscription expires and
given a few weeks in which to reply.
When THE TRUMPET was published
twice a month and changed to a weekly,
without raising the subscription price,
there was but, little if any objection to
the same. Neither was there any when
it was changed from a four- page to an
eight- page paper without raising the
price. . And now we feel there should be
none if we require cash in advance; as
we are required to pay cash for the
postage, paper, ink, and other expenses
of printing. A good brother recently
received notice of the expiration of his
subscription and replied: " If God can
get any glory by your stopping - my
paper, stop it." He no doubt thought
because he was acquainted with the editor
or had favored us in the past, that he
should not have received a notice. But
when it is taken into consideration that
the subscription department is an entirely
separate department from that of the
editor and business managers, and each
one has his separate line of work, it is
more easily understood. The one in
charge of that department is a stranger
to most of the subscribers; consequent-ly
he may hereafter send notices some-what
indiscriminately. We shall be
pleased to be informed of any mistakes
made, or neglect, that the same may be
rectified. We are glad to send the paper
free to the poor, those who are destitute
and unable to pay. It is also our desire
to place the ministers on the free list as
soon as we are able.
Should any through mistake be notified,
we trust there will be no offense, but
kindly inform us and we shall be pleased
to adjust matters satisfactorily to all
concerned. We are truly thankful to
our readers for tile interest ma ni rested and
for the many prayers of faith offered in
our behalf.
Leaving Moundsville on Feb. 12 I
arrived next morning at Hammond, Ind.,
a suburban town of Chicago, where I
stayed Monday and Monday night with
a number of young brethren, most of
whom had formerly worked in the Trum-pet
Office at Grand Junction and - who
are now working in a large publishing
house at Hammond. Some of them are
expecting to come to Moundsville in a
short time and are anxious to give their
service to the work of the Lord. Others
are also anxious to do the same but are
there working for wages in order to pay
some indebtedness of their parents.
We were very glad to meet with them.
However, they have not been having
meetings at that place but attend occa-sionally
at Chicago. We spent Tuesday
at the Door of Faith Home with brother
Tufts and his family, also meeting Brother
Speck who was on his way from the
West, where he had been holding suc-cessful
meetings, also met a number of
gospel workers in the Home, and spent
a very profitable day. Also attended to
some publishing business while in the city.
The Door of Faith Home appears to
be in a very prosperous condition and a
good work being done for the Lord.
There were a number of workers who
go to other parts of the city each evening
to hold meetings and during the day
attend worship and Bible- readings in the
Home and answer calls for visiting the
sick and those in need of spiritual help.
Brother Tufts at this writing is on his
way to California. Expects to be at
San Diego about the 8th of March and
remain a few days and is visiting the
saints at different places along the way.
We spent a very short time at the
Open Door Mission at 59 Plymouth
Place, where many hundred people were
fed and eared for during the extreme cold
weather. ' We were told that from two
hundred to five - hundred and • fifty
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preacher, asked me ifw Io uld
the pulpit, and in so doing I never had
such victory and glory as I preached the
dience.- I was asked to preach the next
night, and as a result I preached to a
crowded house at that place for a month,
nearly every night, and at the end of
the month the mission was turned com-pletely
over to me, and from that time
the work has constantly grown, starting
from a hall, until now the Open Door
Mission has grown into a large six- story
and basement building at No. 59 Ply-mouth
Place, where several hundred
homeless men are kept night after night,
and I have seen dug out of the slums
many beautiful diamonds in the rough,
that have there been made to shine for
Jesus. Also the Lord added to our work
the Door of Faith Missionary Home at
No. 1612 Prairie Ave., and our hall in the
Masonic Temple; all of which Were
briefly reported a short time ago in THE
TRUMPET. I give God all the glory.
When I first started out in this life of
faith, the first thing I had to trust God
for was a postage stamp, and from that
the amount has constantly increased until
we now use several hundred dollars per'.
month in his work. During this four
years in Chicago, I have passed through
many dark hours, and many times the
heavens have seemed brass, but two
things have helped me gain the victory
all through; one was I was sure that
God had sent me here and the other was
the knowledge that I was backed up by
the prayers of God's saints, and I knew
that God heard and answered prayer,
and I would rather be backed up by the
latter than a First - National Bank. To-day
I can praise God for victory and that
his work in Chicago stands as a monu-ment
of what God will do for those that
trust him. The work stands with his
smiling approval upon it. In all that I
have undertaken in Chicago, I have
always felt that it was only temporary
and that God was only preparing me for
work elsewhere, though I did not know
just where or when he was going to send
me; but after returning from my visit
to foreign fields in 1897, it was made
very clear to me, beyond a doubt, that
dark India was the place where God
wanted me to spend my life, and I have
since held myself ready ' to go at his com-mand,
which I felt would be soon. And
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Editorial.
Prepare to come to the Moundsville
camp meeting beginning June 8.
Bro. John Van Laanen writes from
Grand Junction, Mich. that he is ready
to go anywhei among his native people
and preach to them in the Holland
language.
There are many calls for holy literature
in the Scandinavian language. We
have no one here who can take charge of
the work in that language. May the
Lord speedily raise up many faithful
laborers to spread the- pure gospel to the
Scandinavian people.
MY CALLING SURE.
Dear Saints: Greetings to you all in
the name of Jesus our blessed Redeemer.
I am praising God to- clay for victory
in my soul and for the knowledge and
experience of being a king in this life, in
Christ Jesus, reigning now over the
world, the flesh, and the Devil. Praise
his name!
persons were cared for each night during
the cold weather. These were men and
boys who were homeless and many of
them penniless. At the close of the
service while • we were there, after
hearing the word of God, these men
were given a free Supper of hot soup.
Late at night we took train with Bro.
Speck and Bro. Hull to Burket, Ind. and
there spent a couple of days in a very
interesting meeting with. Brothers Riggle
and Kilpatrick, who have been holding
services there for some time. The Spirit
of the Lord was witnessing to their labors
in that place and souls were being saved
and sanctified and the Lord was manifest-ing
his saving and healing power and
the saints were advancing in the ways
of truth.
On Thursday night we arrived in
Grand Junction, Mich. This was the
first time we had been in that place since
our removal from there last June.
During our short stay until Monday
morning our time was well occupied in
visiting the brethren and friends at and
near Grand Junction, from whom we
received a hearty welcome by all and had
the privilege of attending meetings in
Grand Junction and at, the camp ground,
which were very precious indeed to our
souls. We met - with Bro. Grover on the
camp ground, who has charge of the
Children's Home at the present time.
The Home and school seem to be in a
prosperous condition and many of the
saints in that community advancing in
spirituality. We trust the brethren will
not neglect their duties concerning this
Home.
We also visited the Old Folks' Home
for a few hours at South Haven, Mich..
where there were between twenty- five
and thirty of the aged and infirm people
being cared for, and the blessings of the
Lord resting upon the Home.
Leaving Grand Junction on Monday
morning spent a few hours in Kalamazoo
with some of the brethren and from
there to our old homestead in Randolph
County, Indiana, where we spent a few
hours, arriving in Moundsville again
Wednesday, having traveled almost night
and day during our ten days' absence.
THE Gown, TRUMPET 4_ 149
I am still praising God for this utter-most
salvation, that keeps me saved,
with a trust that this world, the flesh,
and the Devil can not destroy. May
God bless all the Posaune and TRUMPET
readers, and keep all who are saved
filled with perfect love and victory.
I will give some of my experience, to
show what God is able and willing to do
for us if we are obedient. He will
enable us to walk in the light as he is in
the light, and in him is no darkness.
When God convicted me of my sins he
also showed me that I could not be con-formed
to this world. I had a few rings
on my hand. The first thing I did toward
repenting was to strip off these rings,
never to put them on my hands again.
That was on Friday evening, and on
Monday evening following, at nine
o'clock, in 1842, God for Christ's sake
spoke peace to my soul, and I received
such a bright experience that the Devil
could never gainsay or make me to doubt
it for a moment.
By walking in the light and taking the
Bible for my guide I was led to seek
perfect love, and_ in August, 1859, I was
sanctified. Now when I was saved from
my sins I was born into the church, which
is Christ, the head, the body, and the
door. God took me in and I was satis-fied.
But the sect preachers were not;
so one of the Evangelical preachers put
my name on his class- book, it being
unknown to me. Well, our spiritual
eyes were not opened; we could not see
the one church as we see it now. But
this I can say, that I never had any
prejudice or party spirit in my heart, and
I often wondered, why God's people
could not all see alike. But God was
leading me in a mysterious way. He
wonderfully used me in revival meetings.
The M. E., U. B., and Evangelical
preachers preached so nearly the same
that, it did not make any difference to me
where I labored. But the preachers got
jealous. An M. E. preacher offered to
give me license to preach and give me a
circuit if I would join that church. I
said I did not want to be bound; I
wanted to be free to go where God
wanted me. God kept me from joining
a conference, and showed me little by
little that these sects were not the church.
Finally the holiness people joined them-selves
together in a holiness association;
they would take them in from the different
denominations. Well, I thought that
population, of the whole world and four
times the inhabitants of the United
States, and a constant increase per year
of over three millions. Over forty mill-ion
people, in ordinary years, live upon
one meal a day, and that of the coarsest
and cheapest of grains. The number of
women and girls are about one hundred
and forty millions; thirty- eight millions
are girls under the age of fifteen, twenty-four
millions are widows, suffering all the
cruelty and degradation of India widow7
hood, of which I wrote a brief sketch in.
last year's TRUMPET. Over ten million
precious souls pass yearly into an awful
eternity, without hope of Christ or
heaven. There are a large number of
native states without a missionary. The
population of some of these states is over
three millions; there are many districts
in India with a population of nearly two
millions with only one missionary. With
this alarming condition of things, I beg
of you, 0 saints of God, " ye that are
the Lord's remembrancers" ( Isaiah 62:
6, margin), " Pray ye therefore the
Lord of the harvest that he will send
forth laborers into his harvest. The
harvest truly is plenteous, but the
laborers are few."— Matt. 9: 37,38. As
for myself I can not stand it any long-er,
my very soul cries out:
" Let me go, I can not stay,
' Tis the Master calling me."
Gorham Tufts, Jr.
MY EXPERIENCE.
BY MOTHER SMITH.
was bringing God's holy people together
in one body. So I joined that. But it
was not long until God showed me that
it was not according to his Word to hive
our names in a sect before we join this
association. My Bible said, ' Be ye not
unequally yoked together with unbelieve
ers.''- 2 Cor. 6: 14. Well, there we were;
yoked up with those who did not believe
in holiness. Then God began to show me
the ungodliness of these secret societies.
Preachers in the M. E. sect opened their
door wide enough to let the Free Masons
and the Odd Fellows in by the wholesale,
and it was not long till the Evangelicals
opened their door. I heard one of their
preachers say, " If we don't take them.
in, they will all join the M. E. s and we
will lose members." Well, the U. B.
stood out against this ungodly evil the
longest of - these three sects, but they
came to the same conclusion as did the
others, and they opened their door, and
then it was not long till about nine out
of every ten of their preachers belonged
to the secret societies, and they have
been sending more souls to hell than ever
have been saved by their preaching. If
ever Bishop Foster spoke. the truth he
did when he said it would only be told in
the day of judgment of the millions of
souls that the M. E. Church has sent to
hell. Oh, what an awful confession,
and still stay in that God- forsaken sect!
These preachers would take John 15
—" I am the true vine, and my Father is
the husbandman," and they would claim
that each sect was a branch. Oh, the
blindness of sectism! There never was
We had about thirty- five members at
Jerry City that professed sanctification,
and I was put in as leader. I would
search the scriptures ana ask God for
light. When I would read where Christ
said, ' I am the door; by me if any man
unto yon; and ye shall be my sons andness, we lie, and do not the truth."- 1
daughters,- saith the Lord Jno. 1: 6. And again, Jesus says, " He
And, " Be ye not unequally yoked that followeth me shall not walk in
"' THE gospel age has been a night time,
1 and the Lord's people have been
waiting for the millennial morning, with
the promise ringing in their ears, God will
together with unbelievers.'' Well, here help her ( the church) early in the morning.
I was, - yoked up with saints and sinners, I Ps. 46: 5. The word of the Lord through
my name in a sect and in the holiness the pp rophets has been the camp light aalll
I through this gospel age, upon the church s
association, and on• the class- book in the ppathwayy: , as the Lord expressed it tthhrroouugh
holiness band with the rules bow I should the prophet David, " Thy word is a lamp unto
conduct these band meetings. Praise my feet, and a light un to my path."
The lamp of the truth of revelation has
God, I had no use for that, so that book i guided all the faithful, watchful pilgrims
went to the flames and we let God lead' rn their journey toward the celestial city—
and he was with us in wonderful power, the heavenly kingdom.
and by his Holy Spirit and his blessed The foregoing is quoted from the
Word he finally brought us out of the i writin of C. T. Russel in the ( Babel)
sects where we were yoked up, and out i Trestpe4 rower, NOV. 7, 1898. It is truly
BY w. J. HENRY.
RUSSELISM.
of th. 5 holiness association and out of the
band. Oh, hallelujah!.
" Well, we had our meetings four times
a week, and G. od wasleading in a myste-rious
way: I. saw a light, and I would
tell the people that there was a light
coming, but what it was I could not tell;
- but I knew it was of God, and if • we
would reject it we would go into
darkness. I saw in Ezekiel 34 where
the shepherds would feed themselves and
would not feed the flock; and in Jeremiah
51: 6, " Flee out or the midst of Babylon."
I was always ready to accept what was
Bible. Well, we had a meeting in Bro.
Miller's house never to be forgotten, in
January, 1882. It lasted till three
o'clock in the morning. Truly God was
in our midst in wonderful power. Rev-elation
19, Jeremiah 51 and Ezekiel
34 were read in that meeting. That
meeting brought me to where I was
like Moses when he came to the Red Sea.
That morning before I closed the meeting
I said I could not lead them any further.
But the Lord said to me, " Stand
still, and see the salvation of the Lord."
Praise God! We did not have to wait
long. In two weeks after that wonder-ful
meethee the Lord sent Bro. W iirner
to Jerry City to teach us and show us
what the 18th chapter of Revelation
was. By the Spirit and by the Word lie
proved what Babylon was and how God's
astonishing that a man professing to be a
Christian and a minister of the gospel
would utter such blasphemy. We won der
at infidelity declaring that the Christian
age has been one of darkness and error,
and we are disgusted with Mormonism,
which declares that the fullness of time
was brought in through Joseph Smith.
But we are astonished that the above
words would be uttered by a professed
follower of Christ, and we are more
astonished that men and women living in
this enlightened age, and seeing what ' the
gospel has done for men, would believe
the author to be sent of God. When we
read that men will take darkness for
light and light for darkness, and that
" the God of this world bath blinded the
minds of them. which believe not," it is
no wonder that the light of the glorious
gospel is hid to them, and its shining,
enlightening rays do not reach them.
Poor deluded souls! How sad their con-dition'
God has said through the mouth
of the apostle Paul that they would be-come
vain in their imaginations, and
their foolish hearts would become dark-ened,
and again he says, " God shall
send them strong delusion, that they
should believe a lie: that they all might
be damned who believe not the truth."
— 2 Thess. 2: 11, 12.
Surely Mr. Russel is mistaken when
he teaches that the " gospel age has been
people had been led` into this spiritual an age of night- time." But such is the
Babylon and had been kept until the time teaching of all millennial teachers. They
came when he called his people out of teach that the millennial age will be a
Babylon. He proved it by the Word. brighter age Shan the gospel age. But
Some of ouripeople said to beware of that let us see what Christ and the apostles
a sect preacher that would preach the i man Warner, for he was a dangerous I taught. In John 8: 12 Jesus says, " I am
whole Bible. - man, anti he was a come- outer. But I the light of the world: he that fol-
Well, after joining this holiness associa- said he preached the Bible. Bro. loweth me shall not walk in darkness,
tion we were banded together in bands. I - patrick was also sent of the Lord to aid but shall have the of life." Again,
in backing up the truth. He showed the says John, speaking of Jesus the light,
one body, the church, and he showed 1" That was the true Lhslit, which lighteth
how wrong it was to be yoked up with ! every man that cometh into the world."
these creeds.. Well, there I was yoked 1-- Sohn 1: 9. Again, in verse 5 he says,
up in a sect and yoked up in the holiness ! " The light shineth in darkness; and the
association. The meeting commenced: darkness comprehended it not." Again.
enter in he shall be saved,' and, ' God on Monday night, and on Thursday Ithe prophet prophesying of Christ shid.
added to the church such as were beingInight as I stepped inside the meeting- :. But unto you that fear my name shall
saved,' I began to see a light. But the 1 house the Spirit of God said, voulthe Sun of righteousness arise with heal-mist
of Babylon had not all cleared away; a do it?" I said. " What, Lord?" And i ing in his wings."— Mal. 4: 2. John
I could not see clearly. But God was lit was repeated. I said again, " What, sI ays, " The darkness is pest, and the true
leading in a mysterious way. One Lord?" ' After I sat down the same was I light now shineth."--- 1 Jne. 2: 8. Paul
brother had one of Bro.' Warner's - first repeated. again. I said, " Yes, Lord, says, " Ye are all the children of light,
papers sea to him, with the first article I anything thou wilt have me do," not I and the children of the day: we are not
on the one church; and he asked me after knowing what the Lord had for me. But I of the night, nor of darkness."- 1 Thess.
I read it what I thought of it. I said I just as soon as the sermon was preached 5: 5• Peter says, " Who hath called you
would not dare to say a word against it j the Lord had me on my feet and in front out of darkness into his marvelous
for that was just what 1 was looking for. of the pulpit, and I raised both my hands light."- 1 Pet. 2: 9.
I made this remark in a U. B. revival and said, " It is come, it. is come; will! How can a man in the face of all this
meeting: I said I was at borne among we walk in the light?" I said. '' As teaching of Jesus Christ and his apostles
God's people; I ( lid not carte' what they many as are willing to declare your I tell a gospel- enlightened people that
called themselves; for I did not expect' freedom in Christ Jesus, make it the gospel age has been an age of night-to
meet a U. B. nor an M. E. nor an fest by rising to your feet" Twenty tune and tnat the Lord's people have been
Evangelical in heaven. I said all these arose. Praise God! That meeting will j waiting for the dawn of the millennium?
names would be left outs:. le of heaven. I never be forgotten, neither in this World Poor deceived soul! Does he not see that
So you see how God was leading me little nor the world to come. Souls were the sun is risen and the " darkness is
by little and step by step to the blessed sealed in that meeting. Many faces past and the true light now shineth,"
evening light. God was showing me I turned black by rejecting the blessed and that God's people are no longer grop-the
evils of sectism more and more by evening light. I shook off all the Babylon ing in darkness, but are " all the children
reading his Word. I read in Isa. 55; 2, I dust when I declared my freedom. of the light and the children of the day"?
'• Wherefore do ye spend money for that Praise God forever! He fails to see and comprehend this mar-which
is not bread? and your labor for I Thus the blessed Lord has been leading velous light. Why? Because he, as he
that which sittisfiath not?" . God by his I me all along in my Christian experience. virtually acknowledges, is in the darkness.
Spirit and his Word showed me that I Truly Goo has done wonderful things God's word says, " The darkness compre-could
not pay his money to support theselfor me, and is still the same God. I give hended it not."— Jno. 1: 5. Why can he
ungodly Free Mason and Odd Fellow I him all the glory. not see the light? Because, as the Word
preachers. I wonld read in 2 Cor. 6: 17, says, " darkness bath blinded his- eyes."
18, " Wherefore come out from among — 1 Jno. 2: 11. Were he a real child of
them, and be ye separate, stall the Lord, God he would not be in darkness; for
and touch not the unclean thing; and I says John, " If we say that we have
will receive you; and will be a Father fellowship with him, and walk in dark-darkness."—
Jno. 8: 12.
He says the promise is still ringing in
his ears, " God shall help her [ the
church] early in the morning." Surely,
if that promise is still ringing in his ears,
it is the Devil who is ringing it. I ad-mit
with him that he is still in the dark;
for every intelligent Christian knows
that' that promise Was - fulfilled nearly •
nineteen hundred years ago, when Christ
came and called his church " out- of dark-ness
into his marvelous light." You
% viler° Jesus Christ the Sun of righteous-ness
is our everlasting light, where we
have no need of the light of a candle or
lantern. " Now therefore ye are no more
st.. i. agers and foreigners, but fellow citi-zens
with the saints, and of the household
of God."— Eph. 2: 19. God's people
have returned- and are come to mount
Zion ( Heft 12: 22), and are reigning in
this life ( Rom. 5: 17) as kings and priests
( Rev. 1: 6) in the kingdom of his dear
Son. Col. 1: 12, 13.
The Steps of a Good Man.
1150
6 THE 6OSPEL TRUMPET
know the Word of God speaks of some
sleeping, and of others dreaming. Rena
Isa. 29: 8. Darkness has blinded his
eyes, God has caused a deep sleep to
crone upon him ( Isa. 19: 10, 11), and- the
Devil has given him a pleasant millen-nium
. dream, and is ringing the ohl
prophecy in his ears, which has been
fulfilled hundreds of years ago. That
day has come, God's people have en-joyed
it for years, and behold, the
evening time has come. Soon the sun
will set to - rise on this sin- cursed world no
more, and the thundering tones of judg-ment
will awaken many poor deluded
souls to find instead of reveling in mil-lennial
bliss they will have to spend the
future with the lost in the regions of
darkness.
He further says that the word of - God
through the prophets has been the camp
light all through the gospel age. Thus
he ignores the teachings of Jesus Christ
and his apostles, and takes the words of
the prophets instead. This is just what
all millennial teachers do. If you corner
them by a plain statement of the New
Testament, they will fly to the prophets
for refuge, and reject the teachings of the
Lord Jesus himself.-
He quotes the prophet David, where
he says, " Thy word is a lamp unto my
feet, and a light [ lantern] unto my path:"
True, the old law and the prophets were
to David as a lantern to light his path
and to point him to Christ. But this
poor man imagines he is walking in the
light of David's old lantern, and says
further that this light has " guided all the
faithful watchful pilgrims in their journey
toward the celestial city— to the kingdom
of God. He imagines we are all back
with Abraham, seeking and journeying
toward the city whose builder and maker
is God, and the Devil has him so sound
asleep in his millennial midnight dream
that he can not see that David's old lan-tern
has gone out, and God's people have
come to mount Zion, • the city of God,
BY C. E. ORR.
GOD has a protective care of his
children. You may encounter
many rough and difficult places in the
journey of life, where there seems not a
voice to cheer nor a hand to guide, but
God bath said, " I will instruct thee and
teach thee in the way which thou shalt
go: I will guide thee with mine eye."
— Ps. 32: 8. The voyage across life's
sea is fraught with too many dangers to
attempt it in the counsel and strength of
man. Goa} alone has wisdom and power
sufficient to carry us safely over. There
is no safhty only in his care and guidance.
Danger lies upon every hand. There
are whirlpools of delusion, eddies of
allurement, seas of temptation, and gulfs
of despair; but lie who will make the
everlasting arms his support will sail over
clear and- tranquil seas.
" The steps of a• good man are ordered t
b'y the Lord."— Ps. 37: 28. if you are
living wholly to please God, if all is I
confidingly committed to his care, you r
have a right to claim his protection and t
direction every moment of your life. In c
the intricate places trustingly look unto i
him. God can not order your life t
unless your life is fully yielded to his c
control. Bow many a pilgrim is weary t
with care because he has not learned to d
cast all upon him! It you wish your life h
to be a light and a success in this dark c
t
t
Practical Things On Preaching.
BY W. J. HENRY.
44nNE that ruleth well ' is own house,
%—/ having his children in subjection
with all gravity; ( for if a man know not
how to rule his own house, how shall he
take care of the church of God?)"- 1
Tim. 3: 4, 5.
Here we see another qualification set
forth in the Word of God and required of
all his ministers, and yet how often we
I fail to see it carried out by those who
profess to be sent of God! It is a
general saying that ministers'• children
are the most unruly of any. I have seen
ministers' children run about in the house
of worship, talk out and disturb in time
of worship, and sometimes even take the
head in disturbance, and probably the
parents not . make any effort to quiet
them, and confess when admonished that
their children were out from under their
control. I have known preachers' boys
on the Sabbath day or at camp meetings
( while their parents were at worship) to be
sitting in the back seats with other bad
boys disturbing, or running about on the
outside getting into mischief, and proba-blyat
the head of a gang of bad boys, out
swimming, robbing birds' nests, or playe
ing ball, while their parents are praying
to save their wayward boys. Such
prayers are never answered, because they
fail to do their duty with their children.
I have seen ministers take their children
with them in the gospel work, and allow
them to cry at the table because they
could not have what they wanted, cm' else
give them what they wanted to stop their'
crying. Or they would run over the
beds; get into cupboards; waste articles
of food; break up and destroy everything
they could get their hands on, and then
blame others for spoiling their children,
or find- fault because some one reproves
hem for not having better control of
heir children.
God holds us as ministers to have con-rol
of our children. They should ' he ex-imples
of obedience and good behavior.
f we can not control our children and
ule our own house, how can we preach
o others to do so?. Or how can we take
are of the house of Cod? The man who
s slack concerning his duties to his family
viii be slack concerning his duties to the
lurch; the man wh, allows his children
o quarrel, will be or hand to settle
isputes which might arise between
reth ren ; the, man who will not wara his
hildren and keep the Devil from drag-
Salem, Ohio, Feb. 20.
I am glad once more to report victory
in the name of our Lord. I have been
laboring in a series of meetings at West
Bridgewater, Pa. in company with Bro.
Drew, and the meeting was blessed of
God in saving, sanctifying, and healing
power. I left that place at the end of
the meeting on Feb. 13 and came to
Salem, Ohio, and commenced meeting at
once in Bro. Alford's house. I saw the
need of sanctification among the brethren,
and that a few who were professing were
not justified. I asked God to give me
wisdom, and to send forth his word ac-cording
to Heb. 4: 12 and, praise God! it
came, and was a discerner of the thoughts
and intents- of the heart: insomuch
that four professors have gone out from
among the brethren, because they were
not of them. 1 Jno. 2: 19. • The rest
reeeived the truth and three of them
met the conditions and were sanc-tified,
and the others are seeking the
experience. One dear man who had been
deceived by the Devil, in trying to save
himself by works, until his mind was
troubled, and he said there was no hope-for
him, came out to the altar and con-fessed
his sins and repented and God ,
saved his soul and sent him home rejoic-ing.
He has received the truth; to God
be all the glory. I expect to leave here
in a few days for Homeworth, Ohio,
accompanied by Bro. J. W. Myers,• who
has lately come into the evening light.
E. J. Axup.
eeea FOREIGN. :
Longton St., Blackburn, England.
Although I have only been brought to
know the true church and been made a
is now in Scotland. I never should- have
known the sacrifice and the needs, had
not the Lord sent me to see for , myself.
You who are laboring where you have
the sweet fellowship of saints can not
realize difficulties and hardships to
be faced where there is not a single
individual who is on the Bible way; but
rather opposed to it, and still believing
they are living holy lives. England is a
dark place, but Scotland is quite as dark.
I believe what wretchedness and misery
and darkness met our sight as we walked
through the streets, I shall never forget,
and that is the way they hail the new
year, etc., on this side the Atlantic. And,
dear ones, I would ask you in the name
of Jesus, have you an interest in- the
salvation of precious souls in these dark
countries? If so, will you for Jesus
minister to the needs of the one whom
the Lord has sent from your midst at the
present time, who has said, Yes, Lord,
and has given up everything to face every
deception of the Devil and without the
bare necessaries of life, and six to be
provided for? Our souls are stirred within
us on their behalf and we are continually
with them in spirit, and we realize this
to he our burden. Dear - ones, will you
obey the Lord? " Bear ye one another's
burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ."
— Gal. 6: 2. Yours in the one body,
Eizabeth Bowker.
Bro. Geo. Martin's address is 460
Garscube Road, Glasgow, Scotland.
ExTrucr FROM A LETTER FROM INDIA.
( From. Die Evangelium s Posaune.)
We have received joyful news from
India, where our dear Brother Volbrecht
Nagel is at work in the blessing of the
Lord. A few words from his letter read
as follows:
Yes, the battle with sectism
a hot battle. Here their ignorant
wrath is fiercer even than that of the
heathen. At present the officials of the
English Church mission are altogether
out of patience, because I have baptized
two of their young men who had in their
unconverted state belonged to that
church. They are complaining bitterly,
that since I have come they have no more
rest. This they shall not have. They
would have things pleasant here, and
finally in heaven also. The Lord has
begun to kindle a fire here in Malabar,
and it is already beginning to be hot for
" sinners in Zion." They have slept
calmly on the slumber pillow which the
harlot ( sects) has prepared for them; they
have dreamed so sweetly, that here in
the weakness of the flesh things could
not pass on without sin, and then finally
in mercy the dear Lord would take them
to heaven. These miserable human
beings would gladly consent to be saved
from hell in the end of days, but to be
saved from sin— no, that is another
thing; that could be nothing but death.
Yes, and indeed a real genuine death it
is. This is the entrance to the new life
hid with Christ in God. The chief aim
of the message God gave me, is. Dying
With Christ. That Christ died for us
they all know, and admit, but the
teaching of the scripture that the true
believer on his part has died with Christ,
this is wholly forgotten; also their faith
then is built without foundation. For
whoever does not pass through death's
door with Christ, how can he enter the
resurrection life in fellowship with him?
O. ' e ht otoly t lhifee w, soirnldc, e dwieed h tao vteh ed ileadw , t od iseind,
o self! Having died on the cross with
fwCarihttlhrr tiGoshtd, ew . tfeno clliyihvlieisf eSthoofne. l olvifee, ion fc ohmeamvuenni oonn
Yes, this is a deliverance well worth
our sweating., laboring, battling,
lenying, suffering, and dying.
S
ve do, with a mighty hallelujahacohn
will
vipeaskl. i nBut away with the flimsy
and sinful world, so yield it to God that
he may order every step: Do not plan
and undertake your own way. Do not
strive to direct your life , in certain
channels and crown it with certain de-sired
ends. Take your hand off the
rudder wheel and let God govern your
course. He knows where the channels
of usefulness lie. Man's heart cieviseth
many plans and ends but there is a ruling
providence over all. What can be more
successful, what can be crowned with
such results as a life of which every step
has been ordered by an all- wise God?
But what abandonment this includes!
Never a step in the wisdom of man,
never a plan in the counsel of self, but
God ordering all; then " none of his
steps shall slide." " He will keep the
feet of his saints."- 1 Sam. 2: 9.
" Ile shall cover thee with his feathers,
and under his wings shalt thou trust; his
truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Thou shalt not. be afraid for the terror
by night; nor for the arrow that flieth
by day; nor for the pestilence that walk-eth
in darkness; nor for the destruction
that wasteth at noonday. . . . Because
thou bast made the Lord, is my
refuge, even the Alost High, thy habita-tion;
there shall no evil befall thee,
neither shall any plague come nigh thy
dwelling: for he shall give his angels
charge over thee to keep thee in all thy
ways.''— Ps. 9- 11.
ging them down to hell, will let the wolf
get into • the flock, and scatter and
destroy it.
• Brethren,- if we have not interest in
our own children ( who are our own flesh
and blood), to train them in the way
they should- go, how an we be interested
in the work of God sufficiently to take
such oversight of the flock that we will
not allow the enemy to draw away any
of the dear souls entrusted to our care?
There has- surely been a great lack on
these lines, in the past, and reproach has
been brought upon - the cause of God.
But I trust that the clear Lord will so
enable us to rule over our families that
they will be , brought up in the way they
should go. May we be examples for
them to follow, and may every one meet
the requirements as Bible ministers, and
in meekness hold every man to measure
to it, and never more ordain those who
are not thus qualified.
go*. DOMESTIC. @ e.', 71.
Alba, Mo., Feb. 18.
We opened meeting here last night in
company with J. R. Hale and his two
sisters, to continue as long as the Lord'
may lead. This is a new field. We
desire your prayers that souls may be
saved. We have held a few meetings
at Carthage during our stay at home. A
few have consecrated. The saints are
moving out some. We also . in company
with Bro. George E. Bolds held a ten-day
meeting at Webb City. A few
souls got reclaimed, and among them
was Bro. Cardell. The Lord is very
preciously filling his soul. Let all the
saints pray God to keep his hand on him.
Lena L. Shoffner.
News from the Field.
member of' God's body ( the church)
fifteen months ago, yet the Lord has been
teaching me wonderful lessons at his r
precious feet. Husband and I are both (
rejoicing that we are in possession of a
real Bible salvation, and although we I
quite
have to, face many persecutions and are
alone here, yet we mean to go
through at any cost.
God has laid a burden on our heart, and z
it is in regard to dear Bro. Martin .1
lave g which the foolish theologians
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became alarmed for the
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strength renewed and be daily : in-structed
of the Lord as to my duty in all
things. Lydia. Shank.
Iverson, La.
It has been about sixteen months since
wife and I received the blessed gospel in
its purity and simplicity, and we do thank
God for his only. Son Jesus Christ, who
came and finding us lost in sin and
bound up in sectism, saved us by his
blood. We do thank the dear Lord for
a heart that was honest enough to accept
the truth. We hard the gospel in its
fullness in August, 1889 and we soon
learned by his word that it was his bless-ed
will to heal us when sick and we
began to trust and obey his commands
and he has healed us and our little ones
many times of such as headache, ear-ache,
chills, fevers, etc. He never fails
to heal us if we have faith sufficient.
Praise his name forever! I ask von every
one to pray for me, and for my wife,
that we may not waver or fall, that we
may grow in grace and faith and in the
knowledge of the Lord. Pray that wife
may be healed of an old complaint.
E. M. Hand.
FROM ONE WHO HAD BACKSLIDDEN.
Lacota, Mich.
Dear Bro. B yrum: MY soul is busking
in the sunlight of heaven this morning.
I thank God for the experience of the
past few months, with one exception,
that is the backslidden part. It has all
worked out for my good and the glory
of God; for when I came to myself I
repented of it all, and believed from the
depth of my soul,: and the Lord saved me,
and redeemed my soul from sin. How
sweet and lovely it is to know that God
does really justify! 0 the joy of the
Lord, how precious it is to my soul! I
followed. the Lord in baptism last Sah7
bath, after the morning meeting. Bro.
Grover led me down into the lake at the
camp ground, and immersed me - in the
name of the Trinity. Praise God! It
seemed I never was so willing to obey
God, and walk in every ray of light, and
be a humble follower of the meek and
lowly Christ. The Lord had been- lead-ing
me out in earnest prayer, and I was
Italy, Texas.
I will try to write to • the saints, the
ones whom I dearly love, whom I feel to
be my sisters and brothers. I do not
write because I think I should lean on
the arm of flesh for support, for I feel
like leaning on the strong arm of the
Lord. But I feel it would be a great
help and source of satisfaction to have
some one of the dear sisters to correspond
with, as I know no one in Texas who
believes. It pains me. to see how the
people are caring for nothing . but the
things of this world. They are nearly
all professed Christians but are very
worldly, selfish, and proud. I came here
with my husband and four small children
several months ago. He is bitter against
our belief. I think he came here mostly
to separate me from a few of the. dear
saints that lived near us in Missouri, for
he says it would be no satisfaction fel-
I him to go back there on account of- those
1— ( calling them names). I do love them,
but am not allowed to write to them.
it be asking too much of some dear
sister to write to me? I will answer as
soon as I can. Leaving it in the hands
of God, I will close, hoping that- I may
hear from the one that the dear Lord
leads to write.
Thanks be to God for . giving us a
kindred spirit. Address,
Maggie Davis, Italy, Texas.
as I am, and praise and bless God for his looking to him, the author and finisher:
kindness to you, and pray that the dear I of our faith, and he has brought me bat,
Lord will provide a way for me to go to in a clear, definite experience. I cone,
the meetings once more. My health has I secrated and met every condition, which
not been good this winter. Although 1 brought to my soul the new - birth. I
the good Lord has healed me several feel all through - me the witness of the
method of baptism, and proposed to send
a Goliath into the field to save the
darling. Therefore the y translated into
Malayahill the booklet of a Rev. Hubert
Brook, who is trying to bring ridicule
upon the faith contending for immersion.
I then in the name of the Lord sent him
a, David with smooth stones out of a well-known
brook. To poor Goliath . things
appeared black before his eyes. Several
soldiers of his own camp tell me that he
was " cut in two through the. center."
Poor Goliath!
Yesterday I received a letter from the
south, from a young priest. Some time
ago he received from us two of the book-lets
on " the trues church." The result
was that he left his sect. And now he
writes me I should come and baptize him.
Praise the Lord! This indicates a com-plete
separation from the old. God will
assuredly soon have followers through
him, and will have his free people in the
south also. Next Sunday several souls
here wish to be buried . into the death of
Jesus, by baptism. Afterwards, God
willing, I shall follow the call in the
south. The trip to that place will con-sume
nearly five days, the greater part
by boat. May the anointing of the Holy
Ghost daily rest on you, to the refresh-ing,
service, and conflict! With greet-ings
I am your true brother,
V. Nagel.
Testimonies
Kankakee, M.
The Lord keeps me day after day: I
am praising him for pure salvation and
healing power. The dear God has so
wonderfully blessed me this past week.
He healed me of the sore throat. Before
I was saved I had to suffer so much with
the sore throat. I give him all the honor
and glory. Pray that I may keep true
to my Savior.
Louis A. Berg- house.
Glenville, Nebr.
I am glad to testify to all the dear
,:; tints of God that the Lord saves wife
and me and keeps us walking in the light
as he is in the light. We were saved
nearly two years ago. We can truly say
that God is good, his yoke is easy and
his burden is light. I belonged to the
Baptist sect. I thank God that he sent
some of his true ministers here to preach
the truth. We take the Lord for our
Physician.
Henry H. Schliep.
Rising Sun, Ohio.
I am praising God to- day for salvation
that keep; me saved and sanctified and
trusting God for all things. He is also
my Physician.. He has healed me of
catarrh iu my head and nervous headache
and of the grippe at different times. I
can not praise him enough for what he has
dune for me. The Lord has so wonder-fully
led me out of Babylon confusion by
the preaching of the pure gospel, for
which I give him all the glory.
Margaret Bonawitt.
Dunningville, Mich:
I am saved and the dear Lord heals me
when I am sick and comforts and instructs
me, and I realize he doeth all, timings
well. I have not met with the children
of God since one year ago last fall, and I
so long to go to meeting once more. Oh,
you who can go to meeting every Sunday,
do you prize the privilege as you ought,
or does it sometimes seem like a duty
rather than a pleasure? If this meets
the eye of one who feels like this, think
how you would feel if you were situated
J. W. Elwood.
Requests ffoorr Prayer.
Pray for the healing of Mrs. M. A.
Beebe of Louisiana, who, with her daugh-ter,
is afflicted.
I sincerely desire your prayers for the
salvation of myself and husband, and for
the. healing of my body. Mrs. Adelaide
Duna- nu, Trinidad, Col.
I ask all God's children to send up united
prayer for my healing of bodily afflictions
of which I have suffered for years; also for
my eranddaughter who is afflicted in body
and is weak- minded. Pray that my hus-band
and I may be saved. Mary Shepherd.
Calls for Meetings.
Wrightville, Ga. A real firebrand min-ister
of God is needed in Johnson Co.
Any one feeling led of God to come address
Mrs. T. H. Burns.
Helena, Ohio. Who of God's consecrated
ministers will come to this place and hold
forth the word of everlasting life? A home
may be had with us. Mary ' Hutchisen.
NOTICE.
All who desire me at their camp or as- :--=.-
semblv meetings this summer and fall,
please address me here, so I will be enabled
to answer you. in time whether or not I can
come. Piaces where I failed to get last F.
season, I will try and fill as many as possible
this season. Yours in love,
W. A. Haynes, St. James, Mo.
Obituary.
Webb City, Mo.
BURROW.— Matilda Burrow died Feb.
G, 1890, aged 40 yr. 3 mo. 8 da. During
her illness, which was of onl y a few days'
extent, she testified that she was saved.
She leaves a husband and seven children.
May the Lord help them to prepare to meet
her. Lena Shoffner.
HOGENSON.— Anna Hogenson was born
in Sweden Sept. 6, 1871; died Feb. 10,
1899; aged 27 yr. 5 mo. 4 da. She leaves
a husband and two brothers in this country
and father, mother, brothers, and sisters
in Sweden. She died trusting the Lord.
May the dear Lord save the unsaved, that
they may meet in that world above.
Geo. Filhonr.
Payne, Ohio.
SMITH.— Jemima Smith, wife of Bro._
Daniel Smith, departed this life to be with
Grover Hill, Ohio.
H A YS.— Sister Almira Hays died Jan. 31, ,=
1899, aged 56 yr. 8 mo. 19 da. tier
husband had preceded her to the eternal
world about two and a half years. She it--
leaves several children and many friends
and relatives. May her dear children make
their peace with God before too late and bell
ready when the Master calls to meet mother ir
in the eternal beyond. J. N. Howard,
Roseland, Ohio.
IX- GU- S.— Israel A., son of Bro. and
Sister Israel Lncus, died Jan. 30, 1899, aged
14 yr. 6 mo. and 28 da. lie was a great
sufferer in his short life and God in his
infinite wisdom saw tit to take him home
and we bow in humble submission to his
will, humbly confessing that he doeth all
things well. We pray God to comfort the
bereaved family and lead the unsaved to
Christ. J. N. Howard.
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Centuries after these promises were
given, we hear the Psalmist David break-
; ing forth in. these words: " Bless the
Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all his
benefits: who fOrgiveth all thine iniqui-ties;
who hcalethV all thy diseases."—
Ps. 103: 2, 3.
When Hezekiab was " sick unto death,
he prayed unto the Lord a fervent prayer,
and the same was answered by the heal-ing
of his body, and fifteen years were
added unto his life. 2 Kings 20: 1- 6.
But in 2 Chron.. 16: 12 we read of Asa,
one of the kings of Israel, who sought
not the Lord during his sickness, but put
his case in the hands of earthly physi-cians,
and the consequence was he died.
In those days it was safe for the children
of God to trust in him for the healing of
their bodies; and coming down to the
time of Christ we find him healing all
manner of diseases, " that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken bY Esaias the
prophet, saying, Himself took our in-firmities.
and bare our sicknesses."—
I praise the Lord for his healing
power. We . can truly say that Jesus is
the same yesterday, and to- day, and
forever. " Benoit], the Lord's hand is
not shortened, that it can not save;
neither his ear heavy, that it can not
hear: - his goodness and mercy endureth
forever." Our boy eleven years old was
taken sick one morning with pains in the
stomach, and vomiting. We prayed for
him and laid hands on him and God
relieved him. Again and again he got
such spells, but we kept on in faith rebuk-ing
the Devil and in prayer to God.
Before we went to bed he got another
spell. We laid hands on him and prayed
to God in the name of Jesus, and he went
to bed and rested all night, and got up
next morning 1v- ell and hearty and ate a
good breakfast. We attended the assem-bly
meeting at Philadelphia. and my wife,
whohad, heart disease and female trouble,
was anointed according to James 5: 14,
15 and God male her every whit whole.
Praise the Lord! We thank God that
he has - brought us out of all sects and
confusion and into this glorious evening
light. We ask all your prayers that we
keep steadfast, and be found blameless
and without spot when our loving
Savior appears. We are the only ones
out in the evening light here, but we
believe God will bring some more out.
Win. Fenstermacher and Wife.
East Greenville, Pa., Feb. 5.
and for his healing power which keeps
my body from disease. In 1889 I began
having spells which would take me all at
once and cause me to fall and be in an
unconscious state for some time. With
all the medical treatment I had, my afflic-tion
continued with me until November,
1898, when I decided to trust the Lord
for healing. I laid aside medicine, which
I had been taking three times a day since
1889, to trust the Lord to heal me, believ-ing
according to his word in James 5: 14
that he would heal me. The Devil tried
very hard - to overthrow me when I first
started to trust the Lord. I had spells
oftener than I had ever had before. I
asked the saints at this place to pray for
my healing. They petitioned the Lord
for my healing and to- day I am praising
the Lord for victory. Thank the Lord.
My wife and I have obeyed the Lord and
come out of sectism. Pray that the
Lord may keep us. I am healed com-pletely.
We enjoy reading THE GOSPEL
TRUMPET next to our Bible.
Perry S. Smith.
Tehula, Miss., An. 29.
Heated of the Grippe.
Two years and a half ago 1 was taken
with the grippe. It ran its course rapidly
and in three clays' time I was quite bad.
The third night I became much worse.
I did not know what to do, as my faith
was weak, and I did not want a doctor,
and being all alone in the house, I got
in great earnest about my condition, and
called earnestly upon rile Lord and he
heard me. Praise the Lord forever!
Almost immediately I was better, and it
kept going away. The next day I was
almost well. Praise the Lord forever
and ever! Oh, it is so good to trust the
Lord! I had been asking the Lord some
time before this to increase my faith, but
did not know he would take this way to.
do it. His way is the right way, a
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muscular rheumatism in answer to prayer,
I had this disease for about nine years:
It. almost destroyed my arms. At this
time I was taken worse, and I asked a
dear brother to take me where two broth-ers
were holding a meeting, about
sixteen miles away, and I was anointed
and prayed for. While the brother was
praying I felt the Lord touch my arm,
and in a few days the pain was all gone,
I am praising the dear Lord for his and it has not come back. Praise the
saving grace which keeps me from sin, Lord forever and ever! It seems I er
Our little grandson who is staying
with us had a rose cancer come in the
roof of his mouth. It was about the
size of a half dollar and had begun to
interfere with his talking and also with
his eating. W ith the rapidity of its
growth there had to be something done
for him at once. We knew that the
Lord was the only one that could heal
him, as the doctor said all he could do
was to cut it out and prolong life. So
we placed him entirely in the hands of
the Lord. The Lord gave us 1 Jno. 5: 11,
15—" And this is the confidence that we
have in him, that, if we ask anything
according to his will, he heareth us.
And if we know that he hear us, we
know that we have the petitions that we
desire of him." Without having him
anointed or the laying on of hands, we
took this promise and in less than two
hours God gave a clear witness that the
boy was healed, and from. that time the
cancer began to decrease, and at this
writing ( less than two weeks since) it is
all gone but a small mark. We give God
all the glory. We know that through
Jesus Christ who is the Great Physician
we can take all our sickness to God.
Jno. W. Bortmais.
MONG the religious class of people
of to- day there are multitudes of
skeptics regarding faith healing, or heal-ing
of the body by the means set forth
in the word of God. Volume - after
volume has been written on the subject;
an abundance of testimonies have been
published and sent broadcast over the
land; yea, people have been eye- wit-nesses
to the healing of the sick, yet in
the face of all this, many will not believe.
We do not base the doctrine of divine
healing upon the testimonies of those
who have been healed in these last days;
nor upon what has been written in many
of the volumes published, for there is a
more solid foundation upon which to
build. The word of God is the true basis
upon which its prineiples are founded,
and it is presented in the strongest terms,
from Genesis to Revelation. Then what
if some do not believe? " Shall their
unbelief make the faith of God without
effect? God forbid: yea, let God be
true, but every man a liar."— Rom. 3: 3,4.
The ways of the Lord are beyond the
wisdom of men, and the heights and
depths of his glory and mercies can not be
fathomed by human reasoning. Yet
they can not be questioned when viewed
from a standpoint of reason and logic,
when we take into consideration the in-finite
power and majesty of God, and
that he is " all and in all." " The same
yesterday, and to- day, and forever."
God who worked miracles in times past,
still retains the same power, and will
work through his true children; and none
can hinder.
Those who try to study out a way to
heaven, or the principles of divine heal-ing,
through some scientific method will
make a failure, unless the y broaden their
science enough to accept the miraculous
performances of God's power, and fall
in line with the teachings of his word.
They may harmonize the parting of the
waters of the Red Sea by the blowing
of an east wind, but when the river
Jordan is reached with its overflowing
banks, and as the priests who bear the
ark step into the water, which immedi-ately
parts and banks up on one side of
them, and on the other side the river
bed is left dry, a performance is witness-ed
which scientists fail to show any
natural principles by which it was done,
but are forced to admit that he who cre-ated
the world was able to separate the
waters in any way he saw fit to do, wheth-er
it harmonized with science or natural
laws or not.
Abraham understood on what grounds
this doctrine was founded, when he
prayed for Abimelech, whom the Lord
healed. So did Moses when he prayed
for the healing of Miriam, who bad been
stricken with leprosy, but through his
prayers was restored. The other patri-archs
of old, the holy prophets, and
devout men of God witnessed the healing
of the sick by the power of God and
were instruments in his hands to perform
wonderful things before the people.
The promise of the Lord to Moses and
the children of Israel, if they would obey
the voice of the Lord, was: " 1 will take
sickness away from the midst of thee."
— Ex. 23: 25. " I will put none of these
diseases upon thee, which I have brought
epon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord
that healeth thee."-- Ex. 5: 26. " Observe
and hear all these words which I com-mand
thee, that it may go well with
: lee and with thy children after thee
ever, when thou doest that which is
ocl and right in the sight of the Lord
ay God."— Dent. 12: 28. The promise,
With thy children forever," reaches
down to the present day. When God's
children obeyed his voice, these promises
were fulfilled; when they disobeyed him
the promises were not fulfilled.
not praise the clear Lord half enough,
Hear what Jesus says, " Again I say mitt"
you, That if two of you shall agree ott:
earth as touching anything that they shall
ask, it shall be done for them of my
Father which is in heaven.
18: 19. What plainer language can
ask than that? I thank God for calling
me out , of confusion and bringing nii6p:
into the glorious liberty of the children'
of God. Oh, how blessed it is to trust
in Jesus! It is like a never- failing stream
or fountain of life whichandedveedrs. truenrsryd. 7
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Wheeler, 3fich.
Matt. 8: 17. Likewise his a postles went
forth healing the sick, and doing won-derful
things in the name of Jesus, and
their work was wrought by the power of
God. So we find the doctrine of divine
healing is no new doctrine, as it is a
part of the word of God, and it has
been the privilege of his faithful children
in all ages past to claim his promises, and
be healed of their diseases.
Testimony of Healing.
God's Healing Power.
The Lord has saved me from all sin
and sanctified my nature and brought me
out of sectism and placed me in the one
body of Christ., He isall in all to me.
We take the Lord for our family
Physician, and he heals all our diseases.
Last spring a year ago the Devil sorely
afflicted me with a pain in my back, so
that I had - no use of myself for three
weeks. They would move me from one
side of the bed to the other, but when I
called for the elders and complied with
the Word of God, praise the Lord! I
was healed instantly. The Lord is doing
more for me than I ' can even think or
ask. " If we walk in the light as he is
in the light, we have fellowship one with
another, and the blood of Jesus Christ
his Son cleanseth us from all sin." Pray
that I may ever be kept in the love of
Jesus. Eva A. High.
Gartierille, Ind., Feb. 10.
Cancer Healed.
Trial of the Heart.
BY ANN EAKMAN.
increased in the Lord, and the Lord
brought me through the trial with vic-tory
in my soul, and with a prayer that
these scriptures may help some one else
that is passing through trial.
" He becometh poor that dealeth with
a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent
maketh rich. He that gathereth in
summer is a wise son: but he that sleep-eth
in harvest is a son that causeth
shame."— Prov. 19: 4, 5.
44THE lining pot is for silver, and the
trieth the hearts."— Prov. 17: 3.
the Lord search the heart, I try the he
reigns, even to give every man according
to his ways, and according to the fruit of,
his doing."— Jer. 17: 10. " Examineine
0 Lord, and prove me; try my reigns,
and my heart."— Ps. 26 : 2.
So often the people will ask the Lord
to search their hearts and try them and
then when the Lord begins to send the
trial to try them they will begin to
draw back and get discouraged, and
when God's word begins to go forth to
prove them they find that they are not
measuring to the word of God and they
again begin to draw back, and then fall
into the snares of the enemy. " Now
the just shall live by faith: but if any
man draw back, my soul shall have no
pleasure in him." — Heb. 10: 38. The
Lord has a right to try us, and to prove
us. He proved the children of Israel to
see if they would walk in his laws or
not. Ex. 16: 4. Also he proved them
to do them good ( Dent. 8: 16), and that
they would not sin. Ex. 20: 20.
Now, dear ones, do you not see that
God does nothing only what is for the
good of his children? " Beloved, think
it not strange concerning the fiery trial
which is to try you, as through some
strange thing happened unto you."- 1
Pet. 4: 12. When we are cast into the
furnace of trial, let us not look back,
but let us sink deeper into the will of
God. " No man, having put his hand
to the plough, and looking back, is fit
for the kingdom of God."— Luke 9: 62.
Let us press right on and be encouraged,
for " the steps of a good man are ordered
by the Lord" ( Ps. 37: 23), and " the
Lord knoweth how to deliver the gt7o, dly
out of temptation.''- 2 Pet. 2: 9; 1 Cor.
10: 13.
" Many shall be purified, and made
white, and tried; but the wicked shall
o wickedly: and none of the wicked
hall understand; but the wise shall
nderstand."— Dan. 12: 10. Let every
ne be determined to stand the trying:
` Be of good courage, and let us behave
urselves valiantly" ( 1 Chron. - 19: 13);
or God has chosen us in the furnace of
Motion. Isa. 48: 10. Read Mal. 3: 3.
` Anti they shall be mine, saith the Lord
I hosts. "-- 3: 17. '' He that shall
ndure unto the end, - the same shall be
ved.''— Alark 13: 13. At one time hen I, was passing through a severe
iat, the Lord broughtthese scriptures
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So will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have
been scattered in the cloudy and dark day Eze. 34: 12. . Ter. 32: 39.
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And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a Trumpet, and they shall gather to-gether
his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Mat. 24: 31.
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NUMBER 9
Bible Reading for Law- Keepers.
Speak, Father, to the place of song
Within thy servant's breast;
Smite not in wrath as Moses did,
The rock where waters rest.
Yea, let its songs come from the depths,
Down where the rock we meet,
That they, like waters from deep wells,
May be refreshing, sweet.
As when the mountain's store is reached,
The waters upward spring;
So let my praise to thee ascend;
Accepted, as I sin.
That thirsty souls, who longing come
To drink at founts of praise,
Find waters that shall be in them
Wells springing all their days.
To Song Writers and Singers.
lsa. 35:
BY FEED RUSTED.
BY F. RUSTED. commandment), Matt.
I THE ark contained the tables of
I. • stone. Deut. 10: 5. 2. The tables
( stone) contained the covenant, the testi-mony,
tie commandments, the law, the
words. Ex. 24: 12; 34: 97- 29; Dent.
4: 13; 5: 3- 22; 9: 9- 15; 10: 1- 5.
3. The covenant, testament, ten com-mandments,
law, words, God gave to
the children of Israel by word of mouth,
speaking directly to the whole assembly;
the ceremonial statutes, laws, or ordi-nances
being given through Moses. Ex.
90: 1; 18: 29; Deut. 4: 10- 14; 5: 22- 33;
► : 10; 10: 4.
4. The words that God spoke on the
mount ( ten commandments) were unen-durable.
( See refarences in preceding
paragraph.) Heb. 19: 18- 91; Acts 15: 10;
Col. 9: 14.
5. The ten commandments, law, cov-enant,
gendered to bondage, death, con-demnation;
hence was contrary to them,
against them, was unendurable, and so
was taken out of the way by nailing to
the cross. Gal. 4: 94; Cor. 3: 6- 11;
Rom. 7: 4- 11; Col. 9: 14- 17; Heb. 12: 19,
20; Acts 15: 10; Gal. 5: 1- 6.
6. We are not under the covenant
( ten commandments) given • on mount
Finai; we have not come to mount Sinai,
but we have come to mount Zion, the
city of the living God, the heavenly
Jerusalem, the general assembly and
: lurch of the first- born; from which
place goes forth the law and the word of
God, for the present dispensation. Heb.
12: 18- 24; Gal. 4; 26; Rev. 91: 2, 9, 10;
Isa. 2: 3; Isa. 33: 22; Jas. 1: 25; 4: 12.
7. We are not children of Hagar, the
bondwoman, the desolate ( that answereth
to Jerusalem that now is and is in bon-dage
with her children) the flesh, the
Sinai covenant ( ten commandments),
which gendereth ( bringeth forth) to bon-dage.
Gal. 4: 21- 31; Rout. 7 : 1- 9 5.
8. We are the children of Sarah, the
free woman, the married wife ( Jerusalem
above is free, the mother of us all.), the
promise, the new covenant, ( not the ten
commandments), that makes us- free.
Gal. 4: 31; Rom. 8: 2.
9. Mark the identity ( name or marks
by which we know) of the law, to which
the Jews, or children of Israel, Hebrews
were formerly married, and to which
they became dead by the body of Christ,
and so becoming free to marry another
( Jesas Christ) by whom they could bring
forth fruit unto God, when that is refer-
70d to, by clouting, ' Thou shalt not
CHRIST VS. • MOSES.
Adultery ( seventh. commandment),
Matt. 6: 27, 9S.
Murder ( sixth
6: 21, 22.
A man could be judged by the ten-commandment
law only after he had
committed murder or adultery- the out-ward
act. A man can he judged by the
law of Christ for having the same in his
heart, whether he commits the outward
act or not. This shows a change of not
in the law, placing the penalty as
already pronounced, and punishment as
already merited, when the sin is found
in the heart. These changes Christ did
make, when here on earth. The Jaws
which were based upon the ten- com-mandment
law ( constitution of the Jewish
Jaw system) also underwent - the same
process, being discarded or put away, for
better laws to take their place.
MOSES VS. CHRIST.
Divorcement. Matt. 5: 31, 32.
Swearing oaths. Matt. 5: 33- 37.
Eye for eye, etc. Matt. 5: 38- 42.
Loving and hating. Matt. 5: 43 47.
Fasting. Dan. 9: 3; 10: 3; Matt. 6: 10-
18.
Note that only the manner or conduct
of those fasting is affected, sackcloth,
ashes, sad countenance, etc., being put
away.
Law- keepers put great stress upon the
saying of Christ, or rather a part of it,
which, considered alone, does not give us
his meaning at all. " Think not that I
am come to destroy the law or the proph-ets:
I ant not come to destroy hut to
fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till
heaven and earth pas- away one jot or
one tittle shall in no wise pass from the
law till all be f ulfilled ' - Matt. 5: 17,
18. This dues not say that the law will
not pass away until the heavens and
earth pass away, by any means, but it
does give us to understand that it must
all be fulfilled or else it will stand until
then. Christ came to fulfill all the
law; hence he caused it to pass away
before the heavens and earth pass away.
As to- how long before, we see that nearly
1900 years of the time has expired. All
the law is fulfilled in us who _ love one
another. Gal. 5: 14; Jas. 2: 8. The
law is then passed away. We as right-eous
men are not under the law; it was
not made for us. 1 Tim. 1: 9. It was
made for lawless and disobedient, for
ungodly and for sinners. Some think
that sinners of to- day are under the ten-commandment
law, but this is also a
mistake; they are judged by what is in
their hearts, as Paul says, ' In the day
when God shall judge the secrets of men
by Jesus Christ according to my gospel."
-- Rom. 2: 16. Truly as Paul. says in
Heb. 8: 9, " Not . according to the cov-enant
that I made with their fathers in
the day when I took them by the hand
to lead them out of the land of Egypt;
because they continued not in my cove-nant,
and I regarded them not, saith the
Lord." It was the new covenant that
was not to be according to the old one.
See verses 8, 10. It was to be an
entirely different one and its Sabbath
instead of . being. a rest from - works ( man...
nal labor) was to celebrate a rest from
dead worka. Heb. 4: 10; 6: 1. When
covet" etc. ( the tenth commandment on
the tables of stone). Rom. 7: 1- 7- 25; 8: 2.
10. The covenant, testament, ten com-mandments
was basis or constitution of
all Mosaic law. Ex. 34: 27; Heb. 9: 19.
11. Moses writes the book of the cov-enant,
which is also called the testament.
Ex. 24: 1- 8; 31: 27; Heb. 9: 19.
12. The book of the covenant, or testa-ment,
contained the ten commandments,
the basis of law as seen above. Ex.
20: 1 to 24: 4 inclusive.
13. The epistles of Christ are men,
upon the fleshy tables of whose hearts
the Spirit of God ( not the finger of God)
has written the new covenant, which is
an entirely different covenant from that
written on the tables of stone or written
with ink On the book before mentioned).
2 Cor. 3: 1- 3, 18; Heb. 8: 6- 13; Heb.
10: 16; Jer. 31: 31- 34.
14. Identity of the law that could not
make perfect. Paul's experiences with
the ten- commandment law, when under
bondage to it, and his experience of free-dom
from it. Rom. 7: 1 to 8: 4 inclusive.
15. When tested thoroughly, as it was
in the case of the person in Mark 10 who
professed to our Lord, " Master, all
these [ See catalogue of commandments
in verse 19.]. have I observed from my
youth" it was band that the ten- com-mandment
covenant could not make per-fect;
things being required as necessary to
perfection that the ten- eommimdment
law did not include. Verse 21. This
clearly shows us that Jesus accepted this
mace's testimony. " Then Jesus behold-ing
hint loved him, and said unto him,
One thing thou lackest"- then he told
him to do things not required by the
law-, or ten- commandment covenant.
Mark 10: 17- 22 ; Matt. 19 : I 6- 22; Luke
18: 18- 23; Ileb. 7: 19.
15. The law then, that could not make
perfect, was the ten- commandment law;
hence it was tine law that was disan-nuled.
Ileb. 7: 1 g, 19; 10: 9- 14.
15. The handwriting of ordinances,
( statutes, laws, decrees) contained the
commandment touching the Sabbath,
and when it ( the handwriting) was taken
out of the way, no man could be allowed
to judge us on the subject of the Sab-bath,
as there was then no law for the
keeping of the seventh day. Col. 9: 14- 17.
16. In these days, when we possess
the substance, - we have no need to pre-serve
and keep, shadows ( sabbaths, meats,
drinks, etc.) Co1.2: 16,17; Heb. 10: 1; 11: 1.
17. The covenants ( testaments), the
giving of the law, the service of God,
the promises, the glory, all. pertained to
the children of Israel,. and were never
given to the G- entiles at all, and they thus
became the enmity ( cause of enmity) be-tween
Jew and Gentile. Rom. 9: 3, 4;
Dent. 7: 6- 11; Jno. 1: 11; Eph. 2: 11- 22.
18. The perfect law of liberty given
us by Jesus Christ, covers ground that
the ten- commandment law does not;
Christ himself pointing out the difference
between his law and the ten- command-ment
law showing his law to be superior,
thus virtually dis: aainulling the former,
as a law and. a better law, can not exist
at the same time on the same statute
book without the better disannulling or
making void . the other. Here are
instances.
Christ spoiled principalities and powers
( Jewish laws and customs) he d: d not try
to preserve them, he allowed them to
decay and vanish away. Col. 2: 15;
Ileb. 8: 13.
•
Be Strong.
BY B. F. WEIKEL.
4F
. I NALLY, my brethren, be strong
in the Lord, and in the power of
his might."- Eph. 6: 10. Now, if ever,
God's people have need of being strong.
With as we find to- day, the many false
doctrines around us and the Devil trans-formed
( as he is) into an angel of light,
it behooves us to be strong in. the Lord.
God does not want us to- go battling
against the Devil in a weak, feeble way.
Some one may say, " I am so weak.
I am young and I have no knowledge.
- I have not the gilt of speech or memory
as many others have and therefore I can
not be strong like others." But, dear
ones, do von know what is the matter?
Just look away from yourself and see the
great God of power that controls the
heaven and the earth, and he will make
you strong_ If you are weak, please
turn to Joel 3: 10. Paul also says,
" When I am weak, then am I strong."
- 2 Cor. 12: 10.
" In that day shall the Lord defend the
inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is
feeble among them at that day shall be as
David." - Zech. 19: S. To find the
account of David please turn to 1 Sam.
17, and read the entire chapter. We find
that David went out to battle against
this great giant of the Philistines whose
height was six cubits and a span, or
about nine feet nine inches. Ver. 4.
This man to battle against the little boy,
or as he is called in verse 56, a strip-ling,
would appear to us a very uneven
contest. Besides this the giant was cloth-ed
with a complete armor, and David
had only his staff and sling with five
shall pebbles: but we find the giant
went forth to battle in the name of the
Philistines ( Ver. 8) and David went in
the name of the Lord of hosts, the God
of the armies of Israel. Ver. 45.
David was young, weak, and inexperi-enced,
but he neither saw himself or the
giant- he saw God's promise as in Josh.
23: 10. So we do not want to see our-selves,
neither the giants that confrongas,
but the never- failing promises of God;
as in 1 Cor. 10: 13; 2 Cor. 12: 9; Rom.
8: 28, with many others of like impor-tance
to us. Praise God ! If you think
you are too young, please read Jer. 1 : 1-
10, also 1 Tim. 4: 12. If you think you
have no knowledge, read Jas. 1: 5. If
you think you have not the gift of speech,
read _ E's. 81: 10, also jer. 1: 9. If you
say you have too poor a memory and
that when you are brought in contact
with the enemy of your soul you can not
remember what- • yon should say to ati.
swer him, tarn to John 14: 26; and if you
have the Holy Ghost, - then jest depend
upon him to lead and instruct you- if
not, you should obey the word, that you
may receive the same.
What is most necessary for us to be
made strong? I - am persuaded that to
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great power of God is one of the principal
things. If we think in the least that
we can do anything or that we know
anything, then the Lord can not work
through , us; but we must look from
circumstances around us and see, the
knowledge and power of God. When
we see our inability and weakness for
what God may want us to do, then he
can strengthen us. But if we think, I
can pray well, or; I can sing well, or, I
am a good talker, surely I can preach,
then we are apt to think we are
doing it all, and God can not use us. 0
dear ones, to be nothing means so much;
and yet if we will be real useful for God,
we must in truth come to this place.
Heb. 11: 34 we read that there were
those who out of weakness were made
strong. Seeing their own weakness, they
looked to God for strength, which
Put to flight the armies of the aliens.
Praise God!
Paul tells us to put on the whole armor
of God. Now we know that a suit of
clothes made for a boy of ten will not fit
a man - of thirty ears of age; neither
will a suit made for a - man fit a boy.
Just so with the armor of God. It will
at every one if we trim down to it, but
we can not stretch the armor. If we
are exalted in ourself, the suit will be
too small and will pinch. If we shrink
away from duty, it will be too large;
but if we just go forward in Jesus'
name, the armor will fit us nicely and
we will be strong . in the Lord, and victory
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BY JOHN O. BLANEY.
THE majority of inan- organized,
professed Christian. sects are very
unwilling to admit the fact that they
comprise what John the Revelator saw in
his vision on the Isle of Patmos, that
great city called Babylon. Of course,
since the admission of that truth would be
humiliating to the spirit in the so- called
churches of to- clay, we can easily account
for their reluctance in acknowledging
what , all truly spiritual people readily
recognize; namely, that every congrega-tion
of professors of Christianity whose
existence and profession can not be sus-tamed
by the word of God, is nothing
more or less than a ( lau g hter of confusion
from the mother of harlots and abomi-nations
of the earth. While the religious
world in general shrinks from admitting
the truth, yet ever and anon we find
both the religious and secular part of the
world expressing themselves in a manner
that clearly indicates that they are not
total ignorant of the corrupt condi-tion
and Antichristian attitude toward
God of this professed Christian world.
For the purpose of drawing attention to
this we copy some such expressions from
the London, Eng. 8: peetatar, republished in
the Montreal Family He rald and Efreekly
Star, page 1, Nov. 1, 1898, in an article
entitled " The Credulity of Man."
Why does unreasonable belief exist, even
in civilized nations, and among persons who
are by no means fools in worldly affairs,
after the progress of culture and the many
exposures of fraud and superstition of-which
the records of the • world are full?
England is a highly civilized country, with
cent uries of culture, with ingrained habits
of investigation, shrewd at bargaining, rich
in aphorisms of- worldly wisdom, with hun-dreds
of newspapers and millions of books,
and tens of thousands of schools, and yet,
with all this background of history, and all
this mighty apparatus of knowledge, we all
know that once a popular delusion is started
it will race through the land like a flame
over a prairie, claiming millions as its
victims. . . . Boston is the most cultivated
city in America, and yet there are whole
streets in that . city given over to " medi-ums"
who make a good living by professing
to cure disease and to foretell the future:
and it is difficult to take up au American
daily paper without seeing advertisements
of wizards and astrologers, showing that the
mcntal attitude of the middle ages— nay,
of ancient Babylon or Judea— 41as nob
ceased to exist in the world's most modern
and progressive nation. . . We have
progressed in social- efficiency, in the
multiplication of contrivances - for. making
Babylon Is Fallen.
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
amine the Word of God and teach what
that holiness will
d'r- PoILloewt Iplseaecxe-not
it teaches. which says.
with all men, and holiness, without will?.
no. manshall see the Lord. "— Heb. 12: 1
Friends, if any of you are teaching
that divine healing is not for the ch_
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dren of God in this day and tlivi mteh, God
have no experience of such, you lack
just that much of being in line
and his mercies, together with the privi-leges
of the gospel. If any are fighting
against holiness, you are robbing your
soul both of happiness inthiasndllifeef and
also of the life which is to come. Eahulo
says to be of the same mind
same judgment. Imagine Paul going
about through all Asia teaching at on t
place sprinkling for baptism, and then at
the next church baptism by immersion,
and that no other was right. Suppose
him going about teaching in one place a
life free from sin, and in another place
that we must sin until death. Suppose
him establishing a church in one place
and calling it Methodist and then . . going
to another place and teaching a doctrine
different from the first, and calling it
Baptist. Would that be the same judg-ment
and the same mind? Would you
think . that would be teaching the gospel
of Christ, or causing division among the
people
I would to God that all professed Chris
p
tians could see the oneness of the body
of Christ and how all should be pert ctly
joined in mind and judgment, teaching
the same things, and all things that are
commanded in God's Word. Then the
world might believe and be saved. God's
church was organized long before Meth-odists,
Baptists, Congregationalists, Dis-ciples,
or any other of the various sects
were gotten up, and therefore all who
belong to God's church have their names
written in the book of life. It is not
necessary that any other name be give
it, for that name is above all. " For othem
foundation can no man lay than that is
laid, which is Jesus Christ."- 1 Cor. 3:
11. " Let no man deceive himself."
" For he is our peace, who hath made
both one, and hath broken down the
middle wall of partition between us; .
. and that he might reconcile both
unto God in one body by the cross, hav-ing
slain the enmity- thereby; . . . for
through him we both have access by one
Spirit unto the Father. . . . And are built
upon the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the
chief cornerstone." — Eph. 2: 14- 20.
Therefore seeing that Christ bath slain the
enmity and made both one, it is no longer
necessary that we be divided but that all
come together and be joined together in
the same judgment.
Is Christ divided? No; neither is the
church of God divided. Every doctrine
that is contrary to Christ's doctrine shall
not stand, and every one who opposes ' his
doctrine shall not stand. " One Lord,
one faith, one baptism." All who fail
to live Christ here would - fail to jive
Christ in heaven. All who are divided
against the true church of God here would
also be divided against it in heaven. If
you can not be in unity with the saints
here, how shall you enjoy unity in hea-ven?
Christ is able to make all grace
abound toward you. If we follow Christ,
we will all be like Christ. - Let . all
forsake their petty beliefs concerning the
church and the word of God, and take a
stand for the truth. There is only one
way, and one door whereby we may
enter the church. That is Christ. Get
fu
in ionane7
leaven, that ye may be a
" Purge out therefore the old -
with the sects of eon-
Niviiotth
in line
it matters not if
ylee are unleavened."--- 4 Conr. el5v : 71. ump, as
" If any man teach otherwise, and
consent not to wholesome
the words, even
e words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
tt dooting abosu tP7
the doctrine which - s
buoids, \ vliereof
proud, knowing nothing,
is according to
qcurensntiotinIs ( a.. tni ( vtivs. trisfieisi- rDer,
become more powerful as human life
opened out on the planet."
We are not going to judge the spiritt.
character of the author of those expr
shin's, concerning facts before which
stand face to face, but we will brie
draw the nxtention of as many as ewe c
to tarereas9n. why those things are s
We are inclined to believe that the writ
of dais article was struck with the wo
derful similarity existing between ancie
Babylon and modern sectism as regar
their absurd beliefs and idolatrous pra
tices. It was because God knew th
these things would exist in the last day
that he moved the prophet Isaiah
prophesy so much concerning Babyl
aaul God's dealings with the nations
these last days, and commanded him
write it in a book that it might be f
the, time to come forever and ever. Is
30: 8. It was to give light to hone
inquiring minds concerning these thin
that God. in his wisdom and mercy se
an angel to show John corrupt sectis
in the form of a harlot mother and h
family of unchaste daughters ( Romanis
curd Protestantism), named Babylon th
great, thus connecting type and antityp
Rena 11: 5. It was to establish in th
beturt of every saint of God and prove t
the world the divine character of th
Bible, that the Holy Spirit, a few year
ago, began to lead the people of God t
come out mf sectism and renounce it a
of the Deavil, in answer to the voic
John in. his vision heard saying, " Corn
out of her, my people" and proclai
with a loud voice, ." Babylon the great i
fallen, is fallen, and is become the hab
tation of (" evils, and the hold o
every foul spirit, and a cage of ever.
nclean " Laid hateful bi rd. "— Rev
18: 1- 4.
The quest Ion is ; isked, Why doI e
unreasonable belief exist?'' The question
may well be asked, as well as many
otiLer questions of like character. " VVh
s the wise magi, that may understanc
e
- his? and who is he unto whom th
nouth of the Lord hath spoken, that h
nay declare it, fior what the land perish
th and is burned up like a wilderness,
lint none passeth through? And the Lor
aith, Because they have forsaken my
aw which I set before them, and have
of obeyed my voice, neither walked
herein; but have walked after the imag-nation
of their own heart, and after Ba-itn,
which their fathers taught them."
— Jer. 9: 12- 14. Yes, it was because the
an y church drifted away from God and
hewed not his voice, but listened to the
oice of a stranger, and left the simplicity
hat is in Christ, that God allowed such
state of things to be brought about.
Surely when the secular papers are
eking notice of the corrupt state of
' hat the so- called civilized world is pleas-
I to call the " visible church" it is high
me for professors of Christ to awaken
the fact that the nakedness of the
reat modern harlot is being uncovered
the sight of all nations. Thus saith
e Lord, " Take the millstones, and
rind meal: uncover thy locks, make
are the leg: uncover the thigh, pass over
e rivers. Thy nakedness shall be
covered, yea, thy shame shall be seen:
will take vengeance, and I will not
eet thee as a man."— Isa. 47: 2, 3. The
habitants of modern Babylon are more
ady to believe a lie than the truth.
hey are ready to believe anything that
eir wise and honorable D. D.' s tell
em, no matter how unreasonable it is
how contradictory to scripture it is.
ay say unto us, " Seek unto them that
ye familiar spirits, and unto wizards
at peep, and that mutter: should not a
ogle seek unto their God? for the living
the dead? To the law and to the tes-iony:
if they speak not according to
s word, it is because there is no light
them."— Isa. 8: 19, 20.
The evening light has come, and we
n see the king id his beauty by faith,
as our enraptured gaze becomes fixed
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e
ancient Babylon or Greece compels. us
doubt whether the human mind has really
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BY J. E. FORREST.
44NOW I beseech you, brethren, by
the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ, that ye all speak the same thing,
and that there be no divisions among
you; but that ye be perfectly joined
together in the same mind and in the
same judgment."- 1 Cor. 1: 10. Seeing
that the apostle Paul uses these words of
exhortation as his first by letter to the
Corinthian brethren teaches us and also
reveals to us the necessity of being per-fectly
joined together in every respect;
not only in one or a few of the many
points of scripture, but in all points.
Not some of us teaching baptism by
sprinkling, some by pouring, and some
by immersion; for this is not the same
judgment: but let us teach baptism as
it is- taught in the Word of God. Not
some of us teaching that washing of the
saints' feet is required of us as an act of
humility, and some of us teaching that
it is unnecessary: but let us all take God's
Word for it and do what it says do. The
Word says plainly" If then, your Lord
and Master, have washed your feet, ye
also ought to wash one another's feet.
For I have given you an example, that
ye - should do as I have done unto you."
— Juo. 13: 14, 15. , Christ says that he
gives us the example that we should do
as he did, and it is no more than our duty
to do such things. Now some of us teach
divine healing of the body in sickness,
and some teach that there is nothing in it;
for the Word of God is our instructor,
which says, " I am the Lord that healeth
thee." Not, some of us teaching and
exhorting to holiness, and some saying
to on his beautiful countenance, we are
transformed by the renewing of our
minds, yea, we " are changed in the same
image from glory to glory, even as by
the Spirit of the Lord."- 2 Co y. 3 : 18.
Hallelujah!, 0' ye professors who are
clamoring for your creeds, and claiming
they are essential to the upbuilding
of, the kingdom of Christ, look at the
conclusion the world is forced to, after all
your progress " in social efficiency, in the
multiplication of contrivances for making
life easier" ( organizing societies and con-ferences,
stationing committees, hiring
preachers, getting up socials, donkey
parties, picnics, dancing and card parties,
plate and basket collections), ponder over
how utterly futile all your attempts at
improving on the simplicit y that is in
Christ are, as you realize how sober-minded
men of the world are expressing
themselves in these words: " But what
we know of ancient Babylon or Greece
compels us to doubt whether the human
mind has really become more powerful
as human- life has opened out on the
planet."
If this world would only believe God's
word and obey its holy precepts instead
of listening to a- generation of worldly-wise
" dumb dogs" who are so ignorant
they can not rightly divide the word of
truth, and who still have the audacity to
style themselves preachers of Christ,
there would not be any occasion for the
expression of such sentiments as we have
quoted from this article. God says of
Babylon, " Therefore shall evil come upon
thee; thou shalt not know from whence
it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon
thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off:
and desolation shall come upon thee sud-denly,
which thou shalt not know. . . .
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy
counsels [ sect machinery]. Let now the
astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly
prognosticators, stand up, and save thee
from these things that shall come upon
thee."— Isa. 47: 11- 13. " For true and
righteous are his judgments: for he
hath judged the great whore, which did
corrupt the earth with her fornication,
and hath avenged the blood of his serv-ants
alaher hand."— Rev. 19: 2.
Let Division Cease and Unity Pre-vail.
These things were spoken about
wisdom: " Hear; for I will speak of
excellent things; and the opening of my
lips shall be right things. For my
mouth shall speak truth; and wicked-ness
is an abomination to my lips. All
the words of my mouth are in right-eousness;
there is nothing froward or
perverse in them. They are all plain to
him that understandeth, and right to
them that find knowledge. Receive my
instruction, and not silver; and knowl-edge
rather than choice gold. For wis-dom
is better than rubies; and all the
things that may be desired are not to be
compared to it. I wisdom dwell with
prudence, and find out knowledge of
witty inventions. The fear of the Lord
is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy,
and the evil way, and the froward
mouth, do I hate."— Prot. 8 : 6 - 8 .
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THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
3
railings, evil surmisings, perverse disput-ings
of men of corrupt minds, anctiles-titute
of the truth.' 1 - 1Tim. 6: 3- 5.
The Outward Life of the inward
Birth.
BY. JOHN A. VANCE.
44 OR whatsoever is born of God
overcometh the world."- 1 Jno.
5: 4. We see by. this that one who is
truly born of the Spirit is an overcomer.
So, beloved reader, if the world. over-comes
you, you are not born of God; for
we are God's workmanship created unto
good works. See - Eph. 2: 10. " A- good
tree can not bring forth evil fruit, neither
can a corrupt tree bring forth good
fruit."— Matt. 7: 18. " A good man out
of the good treasure of his heart bringeth
forth good things: and an evil man out
of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil
things."— Matt. 12; 35. Wherefore by
their fruits ye shall know them. Some
tell us we can not tell what is in a man's
heart, but that is a mistake; for his out-ward
works make manifest the condition
of his heart. Even sinners can tell by
the fruits: for we read in 1 Jno. 3: 10—
" In this the children of God are manifest,
and the children of the Devil." " Who-soever
is born of God doth not commit
sin."— Ver. 9. " He that committeth sin
is of the Devil."— Yer. 8. What is
plainer?
Some people think because they have
been born again or at one time had a
change of heart, they will get to heaven,
just so they do not go back into the
world find commit sin to the same excess
that they did before, and quit making
a profession. They will say, " I know I
do things wrong and get overcome of
the world. I do not live to the Bible as
I should, but I do not intend to give up
my religion.'' Dear reader, such re-ligion
will not take you to heaven, and
unless you overcome the world and
measure to the Bible standard, live by
every word, you would be better off to
give up your religion and accept Jesus
Christ and have salvation, which means
deliverance from all wrong- doing, and
gives grace to be an overcomer. When
people get deluded with a false theory
concerning salvation or anything per-taining
to the same, it is much harder to
accept the real Bible standard.
My very soul is stirred within me of
late to see the great confusion of so- call-ed
holiness people. It seems that the
Devil is fortifying himself against God's
cause, and is inventing every delusion
possible under a cloak of holiness to dis-gust
people and turn them away from the
truth and genuine holiness, but the word
of God will stand just the same, and
unless people measure to God's word they
can not even stand justified before him
when he appears; for the word is what
will judge us in the last day.
The outward fruits of a justified state
are just as pure and holy as those of a
sanctified one. All the difference in the
two is the condition of the heart. The
sinner's heart is stained with guilt be-cause
of the sins he has committed, but
when he comes to God in true repentance,
for the pardon of his sins, and receives the
new birth, his guilt is all washed away
and his heart is changed from a guilty,
sinful one. to an innocent one, clean and
spotless as that of the infant babe-. But
the inherited sin still exists and must be
purged out or rooted up. It was not
committed and can not be forgiven, but
if the new- born babe continues to bear,
fruit, the promise is that the Father will
purge or cleanse him. Jno. 15: 2. In
order to have access to this purging
one must first be in a state of innocence
and at peace with God and remain so.
" Therefore being justified by faith we
have peace with God through our Lord
Jesus Christ, by whom also we have ac-cess
by faith into this grace wherein we
stand." See Rom. 6: 1, 2, If you. are
not living at peace with God and walking
Christ Our Sanctification.
BY R. ROTHMAN.
4pUT of him are ye in Christ Jesus,
1- 1 who of God is made unto us wis-dom,
and righteousness, and sanctifica-tion,
and redemption: that, according as
it, is written, He that glorieth, let him
glory in the Lord."- 1 Cor. 1: 30.
It has ever been characteristic of
priestcraft to destroy in the mind? of the
people the simplicity of the truth, and
thus keep them from learning that which
would make them free from their would-be
guides and masters. Christ met and
rebuked this spirit in his day. " Woe
unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken
away the key of knowledge: ye entered
not in yourselves, and them that were
entering in ye hindered."— Luke 11: 62.
Sectish preachers have spun about the
doctrine of sanctification such a web of
theories that many of the children of
God have not possessed their possessions,
and some are fatally entangled and
destroyed by the enemy of souls while
they are seeking to know and do the will
of God. There is such a " stiffness" and
want of Bible sobriety and wisdom in
much of the teaching that an honest-minded
man can not accept it without do-ing
violence to his reason. While we are
not to ' lean to our own understanding,'
yet we are commanded to " prove all
things; hold fast that which is good."-
1 Thess. 5: 21. It is the duty of every
child of God to thoroughly examine the
doctrines he hears advanced and try
them by the word of truth. See 1 Jno.
4: 1. It is above all things necessary
that the saints be able to understand the
doctrine of sanctification; and before we
can all see eye to eye we must drop all
traditions of men and allow the Word
and Spirit to lead each of us. The true
Christian reformations have arisen when
men discarded the ideas and theories of
men and misinterpretations of scripture
and returned to the simplicity of Christ.
Our Lord taught the doctrine of sancti-fication
in such simplicity that all may I
understand. '
" I will not leave you comfortless: I
will come to you. Yet a little while and
the world seeth me; RO more; but ye see
me; because I live, ye shall live also.
3. So we see it does not become God's
children to be unclean in any way.
" Nei ther filthiness, nor foolish talking,
nor jesting, which is not convenient:
but rather giving of thanks.''— e'er. 4.
It becometh saints to give thanks instead
of talking foolishly. Some people think
they can forsake the Devil's kingdom -
and come into God's- kingdom and con-tinue
in their filthiness. : Dear reader,
according to God's precious -- Word we
can not; ' for we know that no unclean
person hath any inheritance in the king-
- doth of Christ and of God.'— Ver. 5,
Now we see how G- otl's word puts it.
We can not be filthy and belong to God.
" For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall
die."— Rom. 8: 13. " Now the works of
the flesh are manifest, which are these:
adultery, fornication, uncleanness, las-civiousness."—
Gal. 5: 19. So if we are
Unclean, we are dead in sin.
There are several ways we can be un-clean.
Our talk can be unclean. We
can be unclean in our person Or in our
house_ We have seen persons claiming
to be saved and at the same time very
filthy about their person and filthy in the
house, just as if the Word of God did
not say, " Cleanse yourself from all
filthiness of the flesh. " We must be free
from all filthiness, according to God's
word. When he said " all"- he did not
Mean a part. Some people think they
can be saved and use filthy tobacco after
they have had the light. Who shall
dwell with Christ? " Blessed are the
pure in heart; for they shall see G
— Matt_ 5: 8. " He that bath clean hands
and a pure heart."— Ps. 24: 34. Now
we see that the pure ate the ones that
are going to dwell with Christ. So if
we are impure in our nelsons we lo not
properly represent a pure heart. The
Lord wants us to be clean and neat.
ne say we ha vp to be pro • d if we keep
clean, but that is not so; for God said
he knew the proud afar off_ The Lord
wants us to make our clothes neat and
decent, for he said. " Let all things be
done deeehtly and in order." - We have
seen saints, or people that claimed to be
saints, go out to meeting with their
clothes very dirty, when they could do
better. They would never go out to sect
meeting that way when they claimed to
be sect people. Remember, God's all-seeing
eye is everywhere. He can see
our filthiness everywhere and anywhere.
Some may think that being filthy does
not amount to much but it does. It
amounts to so much that if we are not
pure from all filthiness we can not dwell
with Christ. We have seen saints let
their children go dirty and filthy. Now
this ought not to be. We should keep
our children clean as well as ourselves.
Some- may say I have not the clothes to
keep my children clean. Well, you
have soap and water. That will keep
neir clothes dean, and their faces also.
Now, dear saints, let us see that we
measure to all of God's word, because he
said if we offend in one point we are
guilty of all. Jas. 2: 10. Vie write
this in the love and fear of God, hoping
it will do some one good.
At that duty ye shall know that I am in
my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
He that hath my commandments, and
keepeth them, he it , is that loveth me:
and he that loveth me shalt be loved of
my Father, and I will love him, and
manifest myself to him. Judas saith
unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how. is it
that thou wilt manifest thyself to us, and
not unto the world? Jesus answered
and said unto him, If a man love me,
he will keep my words: and my Father
will love him, and we will come unto
him, and make our abode with him."—
Jno. 14: 18- 23.
The conditions for entire sanctification
are here given in a few words: He that
bath ray commandments, and keepeth
them." The reason the children of God
in sectism can not receive sanctification
is because they are hindered from keeping
the commandments of Christ: and nothing
will retard the glorious work of sancti-fication
more than for the saints of God
to imitate sectism and make some form
and unconsciously get the children of
God to abandon the leadings of the Word
and Spirit. " Where the Spirit of the
Lord is, there is liberty."- 2 Cor. 3: 17.
We perhaps can all agree that it is
God that sanctifies. By reading the
following scriptures we may learn that
the Father sanctifies, Christ sanctifies,
and the Holy Spirit sanctifies. These
three are one; so if we are sanctified by
either, are we not sanctified by all? Jude
1; John 17: 19; 1 Cor. 1: 2, 30; 6: 11;
Eph. 6: 26; Heb. 2: 11; 10: 10; bout. 15:
16; 2 Thess. 2: 1 Peter 1.: 2. The
scriptural teaching of sanctification is
very broad, and when men undertake to
limit or define beyond where the Word
of God does, in order to establish their
own grounds, they must evidently draw
largely from other sources than the Bible. I
Let us allow the Word to settle all points.
Some writers and teachers have gone
to great pains to show how many things
sanctification does for a man. No two
agree, neither can they ever agree;
simply because no two men are exactly
alike, and these petty teachers have
been giving their own experience instead
of allowing the Word to explain itself.
C L As thy faith, so be it unto thee.") In
just so much as God has his way in men,
that much will they manifest the fruits
of the Spirit. Of one hundred sancti-fied
men, perhaps no two will act just
alike, but all will manifest to a greater
or less degree – love, joy, peace, long-suffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith,
gaeekness. temperance."— Gal. 5; 22, 23.
Again, we have heard dear good brothers
testify that when they were sanctified
they felt something like unto a violent
disturbance of their being. Feelings are
right in their place, but let us not trust
to feeling, but rather walk by faith and
the Word.
And now, dear brethren, may God
teach us by his Spirit and keep us in the
light, clear from mysticism. " Rejoice
evermore. Pray without ceasing. In
everything give thanks: for this is the
will of God in Christ Jesus concerning
you. Quench not the Spirit. Despise
not prophesyings. Prove all things;
hold fast that which is good. Abstain
from all appearance of evil. And the
very God of peace sanctify you wholly;
and I pray God your whole spirit and
soul and body be preserved blameless
unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Faithful is he that calleth you, who also
will do it."— 1 Thess. 5: 16- 24.
FILTHINESS.
BY MYTLE DtiNCA. N.
W HEN we are saved, we should be an
example in cleanliness as well as an
example in any other thing that pertains
to . holiness. The dear Lord spoke
through the apostle Paul and said, " But
fornication, and all uncleanness, or covet-ousness,
let it not be once named among
you, as becometh saints."— Eph. 5:
before him in perfect obedience without
committing sin, you need to seek for
overcoming grace and a perfect knowl-edge
that you are his child abiding... in
him, and " whosoever abideth in him sin-neth
not."- 1 Jno. 3: 6. " If our heart
condemn us not, then have we confidence
toward God."- 1 Jno. 3: 21. '` And this
is the confidence that we have in him,
that, if we ask anything according to his
will, he heareth us: and if we know
that he hear us, whatsoever we ask,
we know that we have the petitions that
we desired of him."- 1 Jno. 5: 14, 15.
It says when we keep his commandments
and do that which is pleasing in his sight.
we lave confidence to believe be hears
when we ask according to his will.
You should know that your heart con-demns
you not and you are walking be-fore
him in obedience, living a spotless
life without committing sin, doing those
things that are pleasing in his sight,
walking in all the light, perfectly conse-crated
to him for time and eternity under
all circumstances, bearing the fruits of
the Spirit. So to prove that you are a
child of God born of his Spirit you must
measure to the word in every respect,
be it ever so straight, live a clean spotless
life without committing iniquity. Then
when greater life is given and a forward
move required and greater obligations
and responsibilities, it will be easy to
measure up as it opens before you.
Otherwise there will be a drawing back,
an unwillingness to measure to it, a spirit
of disobedience, which will bring guilt
and condemnation to the soul. Let us
measure to the light and have grace to
serve God acceptably w ith reverence and
godly fear.
THE
GOSPEL TRUMPET.
Moundsville, W. Va., March 2, 1899.
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In sending money to foreign countries
or elsewhere it is well to thoroughly
investigate before sending to strangers.
We have before us a number of letters
from a man in Jerusalem, written to us
and to brethren in various parts of _ the
country, wherever he could obtain
addresses. He writes touching letters
to ' work upon the sympathies of the peo-
. ple. In some of these letters lie repre-sents
himself as a boy trying to provide
for his poor mother, while he is opposed
and oppressed, etc. In other • letters he
states that he has a wife and three
children. Upon investigation we find
him a Jew spurning Christianity and
boasting of the way he is deceiving peo-ple
of other countries in getting them to
send him money. There are other frauds
in - this country and others of whom it is
Well to beware. Probably the proper
way to expose such persons would be to
give their names, but we withhold names
for the present.
" Oh, what grace and high promotion
That in Jesus I should be
Raised from sin to royal honor,
Even reigning, Lord, with thee.
I am reigning. sweetly reigning,
Far above this world of strife,
In my blessed, loving Savior,
I am reigning in this life."
Dear saints, as I sit this morning writ-ing
this letter to you, my very soul is
filled with heavenly peace and joy, and
God is witnessing so beautifully to my
utter resignation to his will. Hallelujah!
A few days after I was saved, four
and one- half years ago; while praying
all night in an open field, God clearly
and definitely gave me a call to foreign
fields, and to me it seemed it would he
soon and as I plead my ignorance and
inability, and told him I was not quali-fied
for the same, the Holy Spirit gently
pointed me to God's answer to Moses, in
which God said, " Who hath made man's
mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or
deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? Have
not I, the Lord? Now therefore go,
and I will; be with thy mouth and teach
thee What thou shalt say."— Ex. 4: 11,
12. And as clearly as a human being
speaking to me, after showing me all
this, God made it' very clear to me that
1 must arise and go to Chicago, and in
obedience to his will, I shortly after-wards
came, he marvelously supplying
the means. After arriving here I found
myself alone and almost penniless, and
a year in advance, although not strictly
adhered to, we now deem it expedient
to bring it to a cash basis. We feel that
this wilt be satisfactory to our subscrib-ers,
as each one will be notified about
the time their subscription expires and
given a few weeks in which to reply.
When THE TRUMPET was published
twice a month and changed to a weekly,
without raising the subscription price,
there was but, little if any objection to
the same. Neither was there any when
it was changed from a four- page to an
eight- page paper without raising the
price. . And now we feel there should be
none if we require cash in advance; as
we are required to pay cash for the
postage, paper, ink, and other expenses
of printing. A good brother recently
received notice of the expiration of his
subscription and replied: " If God can
get any glory by your stopping - my
paper, stop it." He no doubt thought
because he was acquainted with the editor
or had favored us in the past, that he
should not have received a notice. But
when it is taken into consideration that
the subscription department is an entirely
separate department from that of the
editor and business managers, and each
one has his separate line of work, it is
more easily understood. The one in
charge of that department is a stranger
to most of the subscribers; consequent-ly
he may hereafter send notices some-what
indiscriminately. We shall be
pleased to be informed of any mistakes
made, or neglect, that the same may be
rectified. We are glad to send the paper
free to the poor, those who are destitute
and unable to pay. It is also our desire
to place the ministers on the free list as
soon as we are able.
Should any through mistake be notified,
we trust there will be no offense, but
kindly inform us and we shall be pleased
to adjust matters satisfactorily to all
concerned. We are truly thankful to
our readers for tile interest ma ni rested and
for the many prayers of faith offered in
our behalf.
Leaving Moundsville on Feb. 12 I
arrived next morning at Hammond, Ind.,
a suburban town of Chicago, where I
stayed Monday and Monday night with
a number of young brethren, most of
whom had formerly worked in the Trum-pet
Office at Grand Junction and - who
are now working in a large publishing
house at Hammond. Some of them are
expecting to come to Moundsville in a
short time and are anxious to give their
service to the work of the Lord. Others
are also anxious to do the same but are
there working for wages in order to pay
some indebtedness of their parents.
We were very glad to meet with them.
However, they have not been having
meetings at that place but attend occa-sionally
at Chicago. We spent Tuesday
at the Door of Faith Home with brother
Tufts and his family, also meeting Brother
Speck who was on his way from the
West, where he had been holding suc-cessful
meetings, also met a number of
gospel workers in the Home, and spent
a very profitable day. Also attended to
some publishing business while in the city.
The Door of Faith Home appears to
be in a very prosperous condition and a
good work being done for the Lord.
There were a number of workers who
go to other parts of the city each evening
to hold meetings and during the day
attend worship and Bible- readings in the
Home and answer calls for visiting the
sick and those in need of spiritual help.
Brother Tufts at this writing is on his
way to California. Expects to be at
San Diego about the 8th of March and
remain a few days and is visiting the
saints at different places along the way.
We spent a very short time at the
Open Door Mission at 59 Plymouth
Place, where many hundred people were
fed and eared for during the extreme cold
weather. ' We were told that from two
hundred to five - hundred and • fifty
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such victory and glory as I preached the
dience.- I was asked to preach the next
night, and as a result I preached to a
crowded house at that place for a month,
nearly every night, and at the end of
the month the mission was turned com-pletely
over to me, and from that time
the work has constantly grown, starting
from a hall, until now the Open Door
Mission has grown into a large six- story
and basement building at No. 59 Ply-mouth
Place, where several hundred
homeless men are kept night after night,
and I have seen dug out of the slums
many beautiful diamonds in the rough,
that have there been made to shine for
Jesus. Also the Lord added to our work
the Door of Faith Missionary Home at
No. 1612 Prairie Ave., and our hall in the
Masonic Temple; all of which Were
briefly reported a short time ago in THE
TRUMPET. I give God all the glory.
When I first started out in this life of
faith, the first thing I had to trust God
for was a postage stamp, and from that
the amount has constantly increased until
we now use several hundred dollars per'.
month in his work. During this four
years in Chicago, I have passed through
many dark hours, and many times the
heavens have seemed brass, but two
things have helped me gain the victory
all through; one was I was sure that
God had sent me here and the other was
the knowledge that I was backed up by
the prayers of God's saints, and I knew
that God heard and answered prayer,
and I would rather be backed up by the
latter than a First - National Bank. To-day
I can praise God for victory and that
his work in Chicago stands as a monu-ment
of what God will do for those that
trust him. The work stands with his
smiling approval upon it. In all that I
have undertaken in Chicago, I have
always felt that it was only temporary
and that God was only preparing me for
work elsewhere, though I did not know
just where or when he was going to send
me; but after returning from my visit
to foreign fields in 1897, it was made
very clear to me, beyond a doubt, that
dark India was the place where God
wanted me to spend my life, and I have
since held myself ready ' to go at his com-mand,
which I felt would be soon. And
as I am preparing to go the Holy Spirit
is marvelously w itnessing to the same.
I feel that my life work is in India,
though I have no idea just what it will
be. I also feel that God has kept me
alone in the slums of Chicago most of the
time, training me himself during these
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As our subscription list increases it is
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Editorial.
Prepare to come to the Moundsville
camp meeting beginning June 8.
Bro. John Van Laanen writes from
Grand Junction, Mich. that he is ready
to go anywhei among his native people
and preach to them in the Holland
language.
There are many calls for holy literature
in the Scandinavian language. We
have no one here who can take charge of
the work in that language. May the
Lord speedily raise up many faithful
laborers to spread the- pure gospel to the
Scandinavian people.
MY CALLING SURE.
Dear Saints: Greetings to you all in
the name of Jesus our blessed Redeemer.
I am praising God to- clay for victory
in my soul and for the knowledge and
experience of being a king in this life, in
Christ Jesus, reigning now over the
world, the flesh, and the Devil. Praise
his name!
persons were cared for each night during
the cold weather. These were men and
boys who were homeless and many of
them penniless. At the close of the
service while • we were there, after
hearing the word of God, these men
were given a free Supper of hot soup.
Late at night we took train with Bro.
Speck and Bro. Hull to Burket, Ind. and
there spent a couple of days in a very
interesting meeting with. Brothers Riggle
and Kilpatrick, who have been holding
services there for some time. The Spirit
of the Lord was witnessing to their labors
in that place and souls were being saved
and sanctified and the Lord was manifest-ing
his saving and healing power and
the saints were advancing in the ways
of truth.
On Thursday night we arrived in
Grand Junction, Mich. This was the
first time we had been in that place since
our removal from there last June.
During our short stay until Monday
morning our time was well occupied in
visiting the brethren and friends at and
near Grand Junction, from whom we
received a hearty welcome by all and had
the privilege of attending meetings in
Grand Junction and at, the camp ground,
which were very precious indeed to our
souls. We met - with Bro. Grover on the
camp ground, who has charge of the
Children's Home at the present time.
The Home and school seem to be in a
prosperous condition and many of the
saints in that community advancing in
spirituality. We trust the brethren will
not neglect their duties concerning this
Home.
We also visited the Old Folks' Home
for a few hours at South Haven, Mich..
where there were between twenty- five
and thirty of the aged and infirm people
being cared for, and the blessings of the
Lord resting upon the Home.
Leaving Grand Junction on Monday
morning spent a few hours in Kalamazoo
with some of the brethren and from
there to our old homestead in Randolph
County, Indiana, where we spent a few
hours, arriving in Moundsville again
Wednesday, having traveled almost night
and day during our ten days' absence.
THE Gown, TRUMPET 4_ 149
I am still praising God for this utter-most
salvation, that keeps me saved,
with a trust that this world, the flesh,
and the Devil can not destroy. May
God bless all the Posaune and TRUMPET
readers, and keep all who are saved
filled with perfect love and victory.
I will give some of my experience, to
show what God is able and willing to do
for us if we are obedient. He will
enable us to walk in the light as he is in
the light, and in him is no darkness.
When God convicted me of my sins he
also showed me that I could not be con-formed
to this world. I had a few rings
on my hand. The first thing I did toward
repenting was to strip off these rings,
never to put them on my hands again.
That was on Friday evening, and on
Monday evening following, at nine
o'clock, in 1842, God for Christ's sake
spoke peace to my soul, and I received
such a bright experience that the Devil
could never gainsay or make me to doubt
it for a moment.
By walking in the light and taking the
Bible for my guide I was led to seek
perfect love, and_ in August, 1859, I was
sanctified. Now when I was saved from
my sins I was born into the church, which
is Christ, the head, the body, and the
door. God took me in and I was satis-fied.
But the sect preachers were not;
so one of the Evangelical preachers put
my name on his class- book, it being
unknown to me. Well, our spiritual
eyes were not opened; we could not see
the one church as we see it now. But
this I can say, that I never had any
prejudice or party spirit in my heart, and
I often wondered, why God's people
could not all see alike. But God was
leading me in a mysterious way. He
wonderfully used me in revival meetings.
The M. E., U. B., and Evangelical
preachers preached so nearly the same
that, it did not make any difference to me
where I labored. But the preachers got
jealous. An M. E. preacher offered to
give me license to preach and give me a
circuit if I would join that church. I
said I did not want to be bound; I
wanted to be free to go where God
wanted me. God kept me from joining
a conference, and showed me little by
little that these sects were not the church.
Finally the holiness people joined them-selves
together in a holiness association;
they would take them in from the different
denominations. Well, I thought that
population, of the whole world and four
times the inhabitants of the United
States, and a constant increase per year
of over three millions. Over forty mill-ion
people, in ordinary years, live upon
one meal a day, and that of the coarsest
and cheapest of grains. The number of
women and girls are about one hundred
and forty millions; thirty- eight millions
are girls under the age of fifteen, twenty-four
millions are widows, suffering all the
cruelty and degradation of India widow7
hood, of which I wrote a brief sketch in.
last year's TRUMPET. Over ten million
precious souls pass yearly into an awful
eternity, without hope of Christ or
heaven. There are a large number of
native states without a missionary. The
population of some of these states is over
three millions; there are many districts
in India with a population of nearly two
millions with only one missionary. With
this alarming condition of things, I beg
of you, 0 saints of God, " ye that are
the Lord's remembrancers" ( Isaiah 62:
6, margin), " Pray ye therefore the
Lord of the harvest that he will send
forth laborers into his harvest. The
harvest truly is plenteous, but the
laborers are few."— Matt. 9: 37,38. As
for myself I can not stand it any long-er,
my very soul cries out:
" Let me go, I can not stay,
' Tis the Master calling me."
Gorham Tufts, Jr.
MY EXPERIENCE.
BY MOTHER SMITH.
was bringing God's holy people together
in one body. So I joined that. But it
was not long until God showed me that
it was not according to his Word to hive
our names in a sect before we join this
association. My Bible said, ' Be ye not
unequally yoked together with unbelieve
ers.''- 2 Cor. 6: 14. Well, there we were;
yoked up with those who did not believe
in holiness. Then God began to show me
the ungodliness of these secret societies.
Preachers in the M. E. sect opened their
door wide enough to let the Free Masons
and the Odd Fellows in by the wholesale,
and it was not long till the Evangelicals
opened their door. I heard one of their
preachers say, " If we don't take them.
in, they will all join the M. E. s and we
will lose members." Well, the U. B.
stood out against this ungodly evil the
longest of - these three sects, but they
came to the same conclusion as did the
others, and they opened their door, and
then it was not long till about nine out
of every ten of their preachers belonged
to the secret societies, and they have
been sending more souls to hell than ever
have been saved by their preaching. If
ever Bishop Foster spoke. the truth he
did when he said it would only be told in
the day of judgment of the millions of
souls that the M. E. Church has sent to
hell. Oh, what an awful confession,
and still stay in that God- forsaken sect!
These preachers would take John 15
—" I am the true vine, and my Father is
the husbandman" and they would claim
that each sect was a branch. Oh, the
blindness of sectism! There never was
We had about thirty- five members at
Jerry City that professed sanctification,
and I was put in as leader. I would
search the scriptures ana ask God for
light. When I would read where Christ
said, ' I am the door; by me if any man
unto yon; and ye shall be my sons andness, we lie, and do not the truth."- 1
daughters,- saith the Lord Jno. 1: 6. And again, Jesus says, " He
And, " Be ye not unequally yoked that followeth me shall not walk in
"' THE gospel age has been a night time,
1 and the Lord's people have been
waiting for the millennial morning, with
the promise ringing in their ears, God will
together with unbelievers.'' Well, here help her ( the church) early in the morning.
I was, - yoked up with saints and sinners, I Ps. 46: 5. The word of the Lord through
my name in a sect and in the holiness the pp rophets has been the camp light aalll
I through this gospel age, upon the church s
association, and on• the class- book in the ppathwayy: , as the Lord expressed it tthhrroouugh
holiness band with the rules bow I should the prophet David, " Thy word is a lamp unto
conduct these band meetings. Praise my feet, and a light un to my path."
The lamp of the truth of revelation has
God, I had no use for that, so that book i guided all the faithful, watchful pilgrims
went to the flames and we let God lead' rn their journey toward the celestial city—
and he was with us in wonderful power, the heavenly kingdom.
and by his Holy Spirit and his blessed The foregoing is quoted from the
Word he finally brought us out of the i writin of C. T. Russel in the ( Babel)
sects where we were yoked up, and out i Trestpe4 rower, NOV. 7, 1898. It is truly
BY w. J. HENRY.
RUSSELISM.
of th. 5 holiness association and out of the
band. Oh, hallelujah!.
" Well, we had our meetings four times
a week, and G. od wasleading in a myste-rious
way: I. saw a light, and I would
tell the people that there was a light
coming, but what it was I could not tell;
- but I knew it was of God, and if • we
would reject it we would go into
darkness. I saw in Ezekiel 34 where
the shepherds would feed themselves and
would not feed the flock; and in Jeremiah
51: 6, " Flee out or the midst of Babylon."
I was always ready to accept what was
Bible. Well, we had a meeting in Bro.
Miller's house never to be forgotten, in
January, 1882. It lasted till three
o'clock in the morning. Truly God was
in our midst in wonderful power. Rev-elation
19, Jeremiah 51 and Ezekiel
34 were read in that meeting. That
meeting brought me to where I was
like Moses when he came to the Red Sea.
That morning before I closed the meeting
I said I could not lead them any further.
But the Lord said to me, " Stand
still, and see the salvation of the Lord."
Praise God! We did not have to wait
long. In two weeks after that wonder-ful
meethee the Lord sent Bro. W iirner
to Jerry City to teach us and show us
what the 18th chapter of Revelation
was. By the Spirit and by the Word lie
proved what Babylon was and how God's
astonishing that a man professing to be a
Christian and a minister of the gospel
would utter such blasphemy. We won der
at infidelity declaring that the Christian
age has been one of darkness and error,
and we are disgusted with Mormonism,
which declares that the fullness of time
was brought in through Joseph Smith.
But we are astonished that the above
words would be uttered by a professed
follower of Christ, and we are more
astonished that men and women living in
this enlightened age, and seeing what ' the
gospel has done for men, would believe
the author to be sent of God. When we
read that men will take darkness for
light and light for darkness, and that
" the God of this world bath blinded the
minds of them. which believe not" it is
no wonder that the light of the glorious
gospel is hid to them, and its shining,
enlightening rays do not reach them.
Poor deluded souls! How sad their con-dition'
God has said through the mouth
of the apostle Paul that they would be-come
vain in their imaginations, and
their foolish hearts would become dark-ened,
and again he says, " God shall
send them strong delusion, that they
should believe a lie: that they all might
be damned who believe not the truth."
— 2 Thess. 2: 11, 12.
Surely Mr. Russel is mistaken when
he teaches that the " gospel age has been
people had been led` into this spiritual an age of night- time." But such is the
Babylon and had been kept until the time teaching of all millennial teachers. They
came when he called his people out of teach that the millennial age will be a
Babylon. He proved it by the Word. brighter age Shan the gospel age. But
Some of ouripeople said to beware of that let us see what Christ and the apostles
a sect preacher that would preach the i man Warner, for he was a dangerous I taught. In John 8: 12 Jesus says, " I am
whole Bible. - man, anti he was a come- outer. But I the light of the world: he that fol-
Well, after joining this holiness associa- said he preached the Bible. Bro. loweth me shall not walk in darkness,
tion we were banded together in bands. I - patrick was also sent of the Lord to aid but shall have the of life." Again,
in backing up the truth. He showed the says John, speaking of Jesus the light,
one body, the church, and he showed 1" That was the true Lhslit, which lighteth
how wrong it was to be yoked up with ! every man that cometh into the world."
these creeds.. Well, there I was yoked 1-- Sohn 1: 9. Again, in verse 5 he says,
up in a sect and yoked up in the holiness ! " The light shineth in darkness; and the
association. The meeting commenced: darkness comprehended it not." Again.
enter in he shall be saved,' and, ' God on Monday night, and on Thursday Ithe prophet prophesying of Christ shid.
added to the church such as were beingInight as I stepped inside the meeting- :. But unto you that fear my name shall
saved,' I began to see a light. But the 1 house the Spirit of God said, voulthe Sun of righteousness arise with heal-mist
of Babylon had not all cleared away; a do it?" I said. " What, Lord?" And i ing in his wings."— Mal. 4: 2. John
I could not see clearly. But God was lit was repeated. I said again, " What, sI ays, " The darkness is pest, and the true
leading in a mysterious way. One Lord?" ' After I sat down the same was I light now shineth."--- 1 Jne. 2: 8. Paul
brother had one of Bro.' Warner's - first repeated. again. I said, " Yes, Lord, says, " Ye are all the children of light,
papers sea to him, with the first article I anything thou wilt have me do" not I and the children of the day: we are not
on the one church; and he asked me after knowing what the Lord had for me. But I of the night, nor of darkness."- 1 Thess.
I read it what I thought of it. I said I just as soon as the sermon was preached 5: 5• Peter says, " Who hath called you
would not dare to say a word against it j the Lord had me on my feet and in front out of darkness into his marvelous
for that was just what 1 was looking for. of the pulpit, and I raised both my hands light."- 1 Pet. 2: 9.
I made this remark in a U. B. revival and said, " It is come, it. is come; will! How can a man in the face of all this
meeting: I said I was at borne among we walk in the light?" I said. '' As teaching of Jesus Christ and his apostles
God's people; I ( lid not carte' what they many as are willing to declare your I tell a gospel- enlightened people that
called themselves; for I did not expect' freedom in Christ Jesus, make it the gospel age has been an age of night-to
meet a U. B. nor an M. E. nor an fest by rising to your feet" Twenty tune and tnat the Lord's people have been
Evangelical in heaven. I said all these arose. Praise God! That meeting will j waiting for the dawn of the millennium?
names would be left outs:. le of heaven. I never be forgotten, neither in this World Poor deceived soul! Does he not see that
So you see how God was leading me little nor the world to come. Souls were the sun is risen and the " darkness is
by little and step by step to the blessed sealed in that meeting. Many faces past and the true light now shineth"
evening light. God was showing me I turned black by rejecting the blessed and that God's people are no longer grop-the
evils of sectism more and more by evening light. I shook off all the Babylon ing in darkness, but are " all the children
reading his Word. I read in Isa. 55; 2, I dust when I declared my freedom. of the light and the children of the day"?
'• Wherefore do ye spend money for that Praise God forever! He fails to see and comprehend this mar-which
is not bread? and your labor for I Thus the blessed Lord has been leading velous light. Why? Because he, as he
that which sittisfiath not?" . God by his I me all along in my Christian experience. virtually acknowledges, is in the darkness.
Spirit and his Word showed me that I Truly Goo has done wonderful things God's word says, " The darkness compre-could
not pay his money to support theselfor me, and is still the same God. I give hended it not."— Jno. 1: 5. Why can he
ungodly Free Mason and Odd Fellow I him all the glory. not see the light? Because, as the Word
preachers. I wonld read in 2 Cor. 6: 17, says, " darkness bath blinded his- eyes."
18, " Wherefore come out from among — 1 Jno. 2: 11. Were he a real child of
them, and be ye separate, stall the Lord, God he would not be in darkness; for
and touch not the unclean thing; and I says John, " If we say that we have
will receive you; and will be a Father fellowship with him, and walk in dark-darkness."—
Jno. 8: 12.
He says the promise is still ringing in
his ears, " God shall help her [ the
church] early in the morning." Surely,
if that promise is still ringing in his ears,
it is the Devil who is ringing it. I ad-mit
with him that he is still in the dark;
for every intelligent Christian knows
that' that promise Was - fulfilled nearly •
nineteen hundred years ago, when Christ
came and called his church " out- of dark-ness
into his marvelous light." You
% viler° Jesus Christ the Sun of righteous-ness
is our everlasting light, where we
have no need of the light of a candle or
lantern. " Now therefore ye are no more
st.. i. agers and foreigners, but fellow citi-zens
with the saints, and of the household
of God."— Eph. 2: 19. God's people
have returned- and are come to mount
Zion ( Heft 12: 22), and are reigning in
this life ( Rom. 5: 17) as kings and priests
( Rev. 1: 6) in the kingdom of his dear
Son. Col. 1: 12, 13.
The Steps of a Good Man.
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6 THE 6OSPEL TRUMPET
know the Word of God speaks of some
sleeping, and of others dreaming. Rena
Isa. 29: 8. Darkness has blinded his
eyes, God has caused a deep sleep to
crone upon him ( Isa. 19: 10, 11), and- the
Devil has given him a pleasant millen-nium
. dream, and is ringing the ohl
prophecy in his ears, which has been
fulfilled hundreds of years ago. That
day has come, God's people have en-joyed
it for years, and behold, the
evening time has come. Soon the sun
will set to - rise on this sin- cursed world no
more, and the thundering tones of judg-ment
will awaken many poor deluded
souls to find instead of reveling in mil-lennial
bliss they will have to spend the
future with the lost in the regions of
darkness.
He further says that the word of - God
through the prophets has been the camp
light all through the gospel age. Thus
he ignores the teachings of Jesus Christ
and his apostles, and takes the words of
the prophets instead. This is just what
all millennial teachers do. If you corner
them by a plain statement of the New
Testament, they will fly to the prophets
for refuge, and reject the teachings of the
Lord Jesus himself.-
He quotes the prophet David, where
he says, " Thy word is a lamp unto my
feet, and a light [ lantern] unto my path:"
True, the old law and the prophets were
to David as a lantern to light his path
and to point him to Christ. But this
poor man imagines he is walking in the
light of David's old lantern, and says
further that this light has " guided all the
faithful watchful pilgrims in their journey
toward the celestial city— to the kingdom
of God. He imagines we are all back
with Abraham, seeking and journeying
toward the city whose builder and maker
is God, and the Devil has him so sound
asleep in his millennial midnight dream
that he can not see that David's old lan-tern
has gone out, and God's people have
come to mount Zion, • the city of God,
BY C. E. ORR.
GOD has a protective care of his
children. You may encounter
many rough and difficult places in the
journey of life, where there seems not a
voice to cheer nor a hand to guide, but
God bath said, " I will instruct thee and
teach thee in the way which thou shalt
go: I will guide thee with mine eye."
— Ps. 32: 8. The voyage across life's
sea is fraught with too many dangers to
attempt it in the counsel and strength of
man. Goa} alone has wisdom and power
sufficient to carry us safely over. There
is no safhty only in his care and guidance.
Danger lies upon every hand. There
are whirlpools of delusion, eddies of
allurement, seas of temptation, and gulfs
of despair; but lie who will make the
everlasting arms his support will sail over
clear and- tranquil seas.
" The steps of a• good man are ordered t
b'y the Lord."— Ps. 37: 28. if you are
living wholly to please God, if all is I
confidingly committed to his care, you r
have a right to claim his protection and t
direction every moment of your life. In c
the intricate places trustingly look unto i
him. God can not order your life t
unless your life is fully yielded to his c
control. Bow many a pilgrim is weary t
with care because he has not learned to d
cast all upon him! It you wish your life h
to be a light and a success in this dark c
t
t
Practical Things On Preaching.
BY W. J. HENRY.
44nNE that ruleth well ' is own house,
%—/ having his children in subjection
with all gravity; ( for if a man know not
how to rule his own house, how shall he
take care of the church of God?)"- 1
Tim. 3: 4, 5.
Here we see another qualification set
forth in the Word of God and required of
all his ministers, and yet how often we
I fail to see it carried out by those who
profess to be sent of God! It is a
general saying that ministers'• children
are the most unruly of any. I have seen
ministers' children run about in the house
of worship, talk out and disturb in time
of worship, and sometimes even take the
head in disturbance, and probably the
parents not . make any effort to quiet
them, and confess when admonished that
their children were out from under their
control. I have known preachers' boys
on the Sabbath day or at camp meetings
( while their parents were at worship) to be
sitting in the back seats with other bad
boys disturbing, or running about on the
outside getting into mischief, and proba-blyat
the head of a gang of bad boys, out
swimming, robbing birds' nests, or playe
ing ball, while their parents are praying
to save their wayward boys. Such
prayers are never answered, because they
fail to do their duty with their children.
I have seen ministers take their children
with them in the gospel work, and allow
them to cry at the table because they
could not have what they wanted, cm' else
give them what they wanted to stop their'
crying. Or they would run over the
beds; get into cupboards; waste articles
of food; break up and destroy everything
they could get their hands on, and then
blame others for spoiling their children,
or find- fault because some one reproves
hem for not having better control of
heir children.
God holds us as ministers to have con-rol
of our children. They should ' he ex-imples
of obedience and good behavior.
f we can not control our children and
ule our own house, how can we preach
o others to do so?. Or how can we take
are of the house of Cod? The man who
s slack concerning his duties to his family
viii be slack concerning his duties to the
lurch; the man wh, allows his children
o quarrel, will be or hand to settle
isputes which might arise between
reth ren ; the, man who will not wara his
hildren and keep the Devil from drag-
Salem, Ohio, Feb. 20.
I am glad once more to report victory
in the name of our Lord. I have been
laboring in a series of meetings at West
Bridgewater, Pa. in company with Bro.
Drew, and the meeting was blessed of
God in saving, sanctifying, and healing
power. I left that place at the end of
the meeting on Feb. 13 and came to
Salem, Ohio, and commenced meeting at
once in Bro. Alford's house. I saw the
need of sanctification among the brethren,
and that a few who were professing were
not justified. I asked God to give me
wisdom, and to send forth his word ac-cording
to Heb. 4: 12 and, praise God! it
came, and was a discerner of the thoughts
and intents- of the heart: insomuch
that four professors have gone out from
among the brethren, because they were
not of them. 1 Jno. 2: 19. • The rest
reeeived the truth and three of them
met the conditions and were sanc-tified,
and the others are seeking the
experience. One dear man who had been
deceived by the Devil, in trying to save
himself by works, until his mind was
troubled, and he said there was no hope-for
him, came out to the altar and con-fessed
his sins and repented and God ,
saved his soul and sent him home rejoic-ing.
He has received the truth; to God
be all the glory. I expect to leave here
in a few days for Homeworth, Ohio,
accompanied by Bro. J. W. Myers,• who
has lately come into the evening light.
E. J. Axup.
eeea FOREIGN. :
Longton St., Blackburn, England.
Although I have only been brought to
know the true church and been made a
is now in Scotland. I never should- have
known the sacrifice and the needs, had
not the Lord sent me to see for , myself.
You who are laboring where you have
the sweet fellowship of saints can not
realize difficulties and hardships to
be faced where there is not a single
individual who is on the Bible way; but
rather opposed to it, and still believing
they are living holy lives. England is a
dark place, but Scotland is quite as dark.
I believe what wretchedness and misery
and darkness met our sight as we walked
through the streets, I shall never forget,
and that is the way they hail the new
year, etc., on this side the Atlantic. And,
dear ones, I would ask you in the name
of Jesus, have you an interest in- the
salvation of precious souls in these dark
countries? If so, will you for Jesus
minister to the needs of the one whom
the Lord has sent from your midst at the
present time, who has said, Yes, Lord,
and has given up everything to face every
deception of the Devil and without the
bare necessaries of life, and six to be
provided for? Our souls are stirred within
us on their behalf and we are continually
with them in spirit, and we realize this
to he our burden. Dear - ones, will you
obey the Lord? " Bear ye one another's
burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ."
— Gal. 6: 2. Yours in the one body,
Eizabeth Bowker.
Bro. Geo. Martin's address is 460
Garscube Road, Glasgow, Scotland.
ExTrucr FROM A LETTER FROM INDIA.
( From. Die Evangelium s Posaune.)
We have received joyful news from
India, where our dear Brother Volbrecht
Nagel is at work in the blessing of the
Lord. A few words from his letter read
as follows:
Yes, the battle with sectism
a hot battle. Here their ignorant
wrath is fiercer even than that of the
heathen. At present the officials of the
English Church mission are altogether
out of patience, because I have baptized
two of their young men who had in their
unconverted state belonged to that
church. They are complaining bitterly,
that since I have come they have no more
rest. This they shall not have. They
would have things pleasant here, and
finally in heaven also. The Lord has
begun to kindle a fire here in Malabar,
and it is already beginning to be hot for
" sinners in Zion." They have slept
calmly on the slumber pillow which the
harlot ( sects) has prepared for them; they
have dreamed so sweetly, that here in
the weakness of the flesh things could
not pass on without sin, and then finally
in mercy the dear Lord would take them
to heaven. These miserable human
beings would gladly consent to be saved
from hell in the end of days, but to be
saved from sin— no, that is another
thing; that could be nothing but death.
Yes, and indeed a real genuine death it
is. This is the entrance to the new life
hid with Christ in God. The chief aim
of the message God gave me, is. Dying
With Christ. That Christ died for us
they all know, and admit, but the
teaching of the scripture that the true
believer on his part has died with Christ,
this is wholly forgotten; also their faith
then is built without foundation. For
whoever does not pass through death's
door with Christ, how can he enter the
resurrection life in fellowship with him?
O. ' e ht otoly t lhifee w, soirnldc, e dwieed h tao vteh ed ileadw , t od iseind,
o self! Having died on the cross with
fwCarihttlhrr tiGoshtd, ew . tfeno clliyihvlieisf eSthoofne. l olvifee, ion fc ohmeamvuenni oonn
Yes, this is a deliverance well worth
our sweating., laboring, battling,
lenying, suffering, and dying.
S
ve do, with a mighty hallelujahacohn
will
vipeaskl. i nBut away with the flimsy
and sinful world, so yield it to God that
he may order every step: Do not plan
and undertake your own way. Do not
strive to direct your life , in certain
channels and crown it with certain de-sired
ends. Take your hand off the
rudder wheel and let God govern your
course. He knows where the channels
of usefulness lie. Man's heart cieviseth
many plans and ends but there is a ruling
providence over all. What can be more
successful, what can be crowned with
such results as a life of which every step
has been ordered by an all- wise God?
But what abandonment this includes!
Never a step in the wisdom of man,
never a plan in the counsel of self, but
God ordering all; then " none of his
steps shall slide." " He will keep the
feet of his saints."- 1 Sam. 2: 9.
" Ile shall cover thee with his feathers,
and under his wings shalt thou trust; his
truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Thou shalt not. be afraid for the terror
by night; nor for the arrow that flieth
by day; nor for the pestilence that walk-eth
in darkness; nor for the destruction
that wasteth at noonday. . . . Because
thou bast made the Lord, is my
refuge, even the Alost High, thy habita-tion;
there shall no evil befall thee,
neither shall any plague come nigh thy
dwelling: for he shall give his angels
charge over thee to keep thee in all thy
ways.''— Ps. 9- 11.
ging them down to hell, will let the wolf
get into • the flock, and scatter and
destroy it.
• Brethren,- if we have not interest in
our own children ( who are our own flesh
and blood), to train them in the way
they should- go, how an we be interested
in the work of God sufficiently to take
such oversight of the flock that we will
not allow the enemy to draw away any
of the dear souls entrusted to our care?
There has- surely been a great lack on
these lines, in the past, and reproach has
been brought upon - the cause of God.
But I trust that the clear Lord will so
enable us to rule over our families that
they will be , brought up in the way they
should go. May we be examples for
them to follow, and may every one meet
the requirements as Bible ministers, and
in meekness hold every man to measure
to it, and never more ordain those who
are not thus qualified.
go*. DOMESTIC. @ e.', 71.
Alba, Mo., Feb. 18.
We opened meeting here last night in
company with J. R. Hale and his two
sisters, to continue as long as the Lord'
may lead. This is a new field. We
desire your prayers that souls may be
saved. We have held a few meetings
at Carthage during our stay at home. A
few have consecrated. The saints are
moving out some. We also . in company
with Bro. George E. Bolds held a ten-day
meeting at Webb City. A few
souls got reclaimed, and among them
was Bro. Cardell. The Lord is very
preciously filling his soul. Let all the
saints pray God to keep his hand on him.
Lena L. Shoffner.
News from the Field.
member of' God's body ( the church)
fifteen months ago, yet the Lord has been
teaching me wonderful lessons at his r
precious feet. Husband and I are both (
rejoicing that we are in possession of a
real Bible salvation, and although we I
quite
have to, face many persecutions and are
alone here, yet we mean to go
through at any cost.
God has laid a burden on our heart, and z
it is in regard to dear Bro. Martin .1
lave g which the foolish theologians
, m I mCeehamrliosbutm! e sara wfsdo aery o iwuti! tt h oT fi hGt! eo HEdn'osg wslias lhsvh aCothuiouldnr cbihne
became alarmed for the
THE GOSPEL TRUMPET
1
! me that I may have my bodily and spiri-tual
strength renewed and be daily : in-structed
of the Lord as to my duty in all
things. Lydia. Shank.
Iverson, La.
It has been about sixteen months since
wife and I received the blessed gospel in
its purity and simplicity, and we do thank
God for his only. Son Jesus Christ, who
came and finding us lost in sin and
bound up in sectism, saved us by his
blood. We do thank the dear Lord for
a heart that was honest enough to accept
the truth. We hard the gospel in its
fullness in August, 1889 and we soon
learned by his word that it was his bless-ed
will to heal us when sick and we
began to trust and obey his commands
and he has healed us and our little ones
many times of such as headache, ear-ache,
chills, fevers, etc. He never fails
to heal us if we have faith sufficient.
Praise his name forever! I ask von every
one to pray for me, and for my wife,
that we may not waver or fall, that we
may grow in grace and faith and in the
knowledge of the Lord. Pray that wife
may be healed of an old complaint.
E. M. Hand.
FROM ONE WHO HAD BACKSLIDDEN.
Lacota, Mich.
Dear Bro. B yrum: MY soul is busking
in the sunlight of heaven this morning.
I thank God for the experience of the
past few months, with one exception,
that is the backslidden part. It has all
worked out for my good and the glory
of God; for when I came to myself I
repented of it all, and believed from the
depth of my soul,: and the Lord saved me,
and redeemed my soul from sin. How
sweet and lovely it is to know that God
does really justify! 0 the joy of the
Lord, how precious it is to my soul! I
followed. the Lord in baptism last Sah7
bath, after the morning meeting. Bro.
Grover led me down into the lake at the
camp ground, and immersed me - in the
name of the Trinity. Praise God! It
seemed I never was so willing to obey
God, and walk in every ray of light, and
be a humble follower of the meek and
lowly Christ. The Lord had been- lead-ing
me out in earnest prayer, and I was
Italy, Texas.
I will try to write to • the saints, the
ones whom I dearly love, whom I feel to
be my sisters and brothers. I do not
write because I think I should lean on
the arm of flesh for support, for I feel
like leaning on the strong arm of the
Lord. But I feel it would be a great
help and source of satisfaction to have
some one of the dear sisters to correspond
with, as I know no one in Texas who
believes. It pains me. to see how the
people are caring for nothing . but the
things of this world. They are nearly
all professed Christians but are very
worldly, selfish, and proud. I came here
with my husband and four small children
several months ago. He is bitter against
our belief. I think he came here mostly
to separate me from a few of the. dear
saints that lived near us in Missouri, for
he says it would be no satisfaction fel-
I him to go back there on account of- those
1— ( calling them names). I do love them,
but am not allowed to write to them.
it be asking too much of some dear
sister to write to me? I will answer as
soon as I can. Leaving it in the hands
of God, I will close, hoping that- I may
hear from the one that the dear Lord
leads to write.
Thanks be to God for . giving us a
kindred spirit. Address,
Maggie Davis, Italy, Texas.
as I am, and praise and bless God for his looking to him, the author and finisher:
kindness to you, and pray that the dear I of our faith, and he has brought me bat,
Lord will provide a way for me to go to in a clear, definite experience. I cone,
the meetings once more. My health has I secrated and met every condition, which
not been good this winter. Although 1 brought to my soul the new - birth. I
the good Lord has healed me several feel all through - me the witness of the
method of baptism, and proposed to send
a Goliath into the field to save the
darling. Therefore the y translated into
Malayahill the booklet of a Rev. Hubert
Brook, who is trying to bring ridicule
upon the faith contending for immersion.
I then in the name of the Lord sent him
a, David with smooth stones out of a well-known
brook. To poor Goliath . things
appeared black before his eyes. Several
soldiers of his own camp tell me that he
was " cut in two through the. center."
Poor Goliath!
Yesterday I received a letter from the
south, from a young priest. Some time
ago he received from us two of the book-lets
on " the trues church." The result
was that he left his sect. And now he
writes me I should come and baptize him.
Praise the Lord! This indicates a com-plete
separation from the old. God will
assuredly soon have followers through
him, and will have his free people in the
south also. Next Sunday several souls
here wish to be buried . into the death of
Jesus, by baptism. Afterwards, God
willing, I shall follow the call in the
south. The trip to that place will con-sume
nearly five days, the greater part
by boat. May the anointing of the Holy
Ghost daily rest on you, to the refresh-ing,
service, and conflict! With greet-ings
I am your true brother,
V. Nagel.
Testimonies
Kankakee, M.
The Lord keeps me day after day: I
am praising him for pure salvation and
healing power. The dear God has so
wonderfully blessed me this past week.
He healed me of the sore throat. Before
I was saved I had to suffer so much with
the sore throat. I give him all the honor
and glory. Pray that I may keep true
to my Savior.
Louis A. Berg- house.
Glenville, Nebr.
I am glad to testify to all the dear
,:; tints of God that the Lord saves wife
and me and keeps us walking in the light
as he is in the light. We were saved
nearly two years ago. We can truly say
that God is good, his yoke is easy and
his burden is light. I belonged to the
Baptist sect. I thank God that he sent
some of his true ministers here to preach
the truth. We take the Lord for our
Physician.
Henry H. Schliep.
Rising Sun, Ohio.
I am praising God to- day for salvation
that keep; me saved and sanctified and
trusting God for all things. He is also
my Physician.. He has healed me of
catarrh iu my head and nervous headache
and of the grippe at different times. I
can not praise him enough for what he has
dune for me. The Lord has so wonder-fully
led me out of Babylon confusion by
the preaching of the pure gospel, for
which I give him all the glory.
Margaret Bonawitt.
Dunningville, Mich:
I am saved and the dear Lord heals me
when I am sick and comforts and instructs
me, and I realize he doeth all, timings
well. I have not met with the children
of God since one year ago last fall, and I
so long to go to meeting once more. Oh,
you who can go to meeting every Sunday,
do you prize the privilege as you ought,
or does it sometimes seem like a duty
rather than a pleasure? If this meets
the eye of one who feels like this, think
how you would feel if you were situated
J. W. Elwood.
Requests ffoorr Prayer.
Pray for the healing of Mrs. M. A.
Beebe of Louisiana, who, with her daugh-ter,
is afflicted.
I sincerely desire your prayers for the
salvation of myself and husband, and for
the. healing of my body. Mrs. Adelaide
Duna- nu, Trinidad, Col.
I ask all God's children to send up united
prayer for my healing of bodily afflictions
of which I have suffered for years; also for
my eranddaughter who is afflicted in body
and is weak- minded. Pray that my hus-band
and I may be saved. Mary Shepherd.
Calls for Meetings.
Wrightville, Ga. A real firebrand min-ister
of God is needed in Johnson Co.
Any one feeling led of God to come address
Mrs. T. H. Burns.
Helena, Ohio. Who of God's consecrated
ministers will come to this place and hold
forth the word of everlasting life? A home
may be had with us. Mary ' Hutchisen.
NOTICE.
All who desire me at their camp or as- :--=.-
semblv meetings this summer and fall,
please address me here, so I will be enabled
to answer you. in time whether or not I can
come. Piaces where I failed to get last F.
season, I will try and fill as many as possible
this season. Yours in love,
W. A. Haynes, St. James, Mo.
Obituary.
Webb City, Mo.
BURROW.— Matilda Burrow died Feb.
G, 1890, aged 40 yr. 3 mo. 8 da. During
her illness, which was of onl y a few days'
extent, she testified that she was saved.
She leaves a husband and seven children.
May the Lord help them to prepare to meet
her. Lena Shoffner.
HOGENSON.— Anna Hogenson was born
in Sweden Sept. 6, 1871; died Feb. 10,
1899; aged 27 yr. 5 mo. 4 da. She leaves
a husband and two brothers in this country
and father, mother, brothers, and sisters
in Sweden. She died trusting the Lord.
May the dear Lord save the unsaved, that
they may meet in that world above.
Geo. Filhonr.
Payne, Ohio.
SMITH.— Jemima Smith, wife of Bro._
Daniel Smith, departed this life to be with
Grover Hill, Ohio.
H A YS.— Sister Almira Hays died Jan. 31, ,=
1899, aged 56 yr. 8 mo. 19 da. tier
husband had preceded her to the eternal
world about two and a half years. She it--
leaves several children and many friends
and relatives. May her dear children make
their peace with God before too late and bell
ready when the Master calls to meet mother ir
in the eternal beyond. J. N. Howard,
Roseland, Ohio.
IX- GU- S.— Israel A., son of Bro. and
Sister Israel Lncus, died Jan. 30, 1899, aged
14 yr. 6 mo. and 28 da. lie was a great
sufferer in his short life and God in his
infinite wisdom saw tit to take him home
and we bow in humble submission to his
will, humbly confessing that he doeth all
things well. We pray God to comfort the
bereaved family and lead the unsaved to
Christ. J. N. Howard.
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Divine Healing in Prophecy;
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Divine Healing in the Resurrection of
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Conversion and Healing.
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The Children's Bread.
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Centuries after these promises were
given, we hear the Psalmist David break-
; ing forth in. these words: " Bless the
Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all his
benefits: who fOrgiveth all thine iniqui-ties;
who hcalethV all thy diseases."—
Ps. 103: 2, 3.
When Hezekiab was " sick unto death,
he prayed unto the Lord a fervent prayer,
and the same was answered by the heal-ing
of his body, and fifteen years were
added unto his life. 2 Kings 20: 1- 6.
But in 2 Chron.. 16: 12 we read of Asa,
one of the kings of Israel, who sought
not the Lord during his sickness, but put
his case in the hands of earthly physi-cians,
and the consequence was he died.
In those days it was safe for the children
of God to trust in him for the healing of
their bodies; and coming down to the
time of Christ we find him healing all
manner of diseases, " that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken bY Esaias the
prophet, saying, Himself took our in-firmities.
and bare our sicknesses."—
I praise the Lord for his healing
power. We . can truly say that Jesus is
the same yesterday, and to- day, and
forever. " Benoit], the Lord's hand is
not shortened, that it can not save;
neither his ear heavy, that it can not
hear: - his goodness and mercy endureth
forever." Our boy eleven years old was
taken sick one morning with pains in the
stomach, and vomiting. We prayed for
him and laid hands on him and God
relieved him. Again and again he got
such spells, but we kept on in faith rebuk-ing
the Devil and in prayer to God.
Before we went to bed he got another
spell. We laid hands on him and prayed
to God in the name of Jesus, and he went
to bed and rested all night, and got up
next morning 1v- ell and hearty and ate a
good breakfast. We attended the assem-bly
meeting at Philadelphia. and my wife,
whohad, heart disease and female trouble,
was anointed according to James 5: 14,
15 and God male her every whit whole.
Praise the Lord! We thank God that
he has - brought us out of all sects and
confusion and into this glorious evening
light. We ask all your prayers that we
keep steadfast, and be found blameless
and without spot when our loving
Savior appears. We are the only ones
out in the evening light here, but we
believe God will bring some more out.
Win. Fenstermacher and Wife.
East Greenville, Pa., Feb. 5.
and for his healing power which keeps
my body from disease. In 1889 I began
having spells which would take me all at
once and cause me to fall and be in an
unconscious state for some time. With
all the medical treatment I had, my afflic-tion
continued with me until November,
1898, when I decided to trust the Lord
for healing. I laid aside medicine, which
I had been taking three times a day since
1889, to trust the Lord to heal me, believ-ing
according to his word in James 5: 14
that he would heal me. The Devil tried
very hard - to overthrow me when I first
started to trust the Lord. I had spells
oftener than I had ever had before. I
asked the saints at this place to pray for
my healing. They petitioned the Lord
for my healing and to- day I am praising
the Lord for victory. Thank the Lord.
My wife and I have obeyed the Lord and
come out of sectism. Pray that the
Lord may keep us. I am healed com-pletely.
We enjoy reading THE GOSPEL
TRUMPET next to our Bible.
Perry S. Smith.
Tehula, Miss., An. 29.
Heated of the Grippe.
Two years and a half ago 1 was taken
with the grippe. It ran its course rapidly
and in three clays' time I was quite bad.
The third night I became much worse.
I did not know what to do, as my faith
was weak, and I did not want a doctor,
and being all alone in the house, I got
in great earnest about my condition, and
called earnestly upon rile Lord and he
heard me. Praise the Lord forever!
Almost immediately I was better, and it
kept going away. The next day I was
almost well. Praise the Lord forever
and ever! Oh, it is so good to trust the
Lord! I had been asking the Lord some
time before this to increase my faith, but
did not know he would take this way to.
do it. His way is the right way, a
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muscular rheumatism in answer to prayer,
I had this disease for about nine years:
It. almost destroyed my arms. At this
time I was taken worse, and I asked a
dear brother to take me where two broth-ers
were holding a meeting, about
sixteen miles away, and I was anointed
and prayed for. While the brother was
praying I felt the Lord touch my arm,
and in a few days the pain was all gone,
I am praising the dear Lord for his and it has not come back. Praise the
saving grace which keeps me from sin, Lord forever and ever! It seems I er
Our little grandson who is staying
with us had a rose cancer come in the
roof of his mouth. It was about the
size of a half dollar and had begun to
interfere with his talking and also with
his eating. W ith the rapidity of its
growth there had to be something done
for him at once. We knew that the
Lord was the only one that could heal
him, as the doctor said all he could do
was to cut it out and prolong life. So
we placed him entirely in the hands of
the Lord. The Lord gave us 1 Jno. 5: 11,
15—" And this is the confidence that we
have in him, that, if we ask anything
according to his will, he heareth us.
And if we know that he hear us, we
know that we have the petitions that we
desire of him." Without having him
anointed or the laying on of hands, we
took this promise and in less than two
hours God gave a clear witness that the
boy was healed, and from. that time the
cancer began to decrease, and at this
writing ( less than two weeks since) it is
all gone but a small mark. We give God
all the glory. We know that through
Jesus Christ who is the Great Physician
we can take all our sickness to God.
Jno. W. Bortmais.
MONG the religious class of people
of to- day there are multitudes of
skeptics regarding faith healing, or heal-ing
of the body by the means set forth
in the word of God. Volume - after
volume has been written on the subject;
an abundance of testimonies have been
published and sent broadcast over the
land; yea, people have been eye- wit-nesses
to the healing of the sick, yet in
the face of all this, many will not believe.
We do not base the doctrine of divine
healing upon the testimonies of those
who have been healed in these last days;
nor upon what has been written in many
of the volumes published, for there is a
more solid foundation upon which to
build. The word of God is the true basis
upon which its prineiples are founded,
and it is presented in the strongest terms,
from Genesis to Revelation. Then what
if some do not believe? " Shall their
unbelief make the faith of God without
effect? God forbid: yea, let God be
true, but every man a liar."— Rom. 3: 3,4.
The ways of the Lord are beyond the
wisdom of men, and the heights and
depths of his glory and mercies can not be
fathomed by human reasoning. Yet
they can not be questioned when viewed
from a standpoint of reason and logic,
when we take into consideration the in-finite
power and majesty of God, and
that he is " all and in all." " The same
yesterday, and to- day, and forever."
God who worked miracles in times past,
still retains the same power, and will
work through his true children; and none
can hinder.
Those who try to study out a way to
heaven, or the principles of divine heal-ing,
through some scientific method will
make a failure, unless the y broaden their
science enough to accept the miraculous
performances of God's power, and fall
in line with the teachings of his word.
They may harmonize the parting of the
waters of the Red Sea by the blowing
of an east wind, but when the river
Jordan is reached with its overflowing
banks, and as the priests who bear the
ark step into the water, which immedi-ately
parts and banks up on one side of
them, and on the other side the river
bed is left dry, a performance is witness-ed
which scientists fail to show any
natural principles by which it was done,
but are forced to admit that he who cre-ated
the world was able to separate the
waters in any way he saw fit to do, wheth-er
it harmonized with science or natural
laws or not.
Abraham understood on what grounds
this doctrine was founded, when he
prayed for Abimelech, whom the Lord
healed. So did Moses when he prayed
for the healing of Miriam, who bad been
stricken with leprosy, but through his
prayers was restored. The other patri-archs
of old, the holy prophets, and
devout men of God witnessed the healing
of the sick by the power of God and
were instruments in his hands to perform
wonderful things before the people.
The promise of the Lord to Moses and
the children of Israel, if they would obey
the voice of the Lord, was: " 1 will take
sickness away from the midst of thee."
— Ex. 23: 25. " I will put none of these
diseases upon thee, which I have brought
epon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord
that healeth thee."-- Ex. 5: 26. " Observe
and hear all these words which I com-mand
thee, that it may go well with
: lee and with thy children after thee
ever, when thou doest that which is
ocl and right in the sight of the Lord
ay God."— Dent. 12: 28. The promise,
With thy children forever" reaches
down to the present day. When God's
children obeyed his voice, these promises
were fulfilled; when they disobeyed him
the promises were not fulfilled.
not praise the clear Lord half enough,
Hear what Jesus says, " Again I say mitt"
you, That if two of you shall agree ott:
earth as touching anything that they shall
ask, it shall be done for them of my
Father which is in heaven.
18: 19. What plainer language can
ask than that? I thank God for calling
me out , of confusion and bringing nii6p:
into the glorious liberty of the children'
of God. Oh, how blessed it is to trust
in Jesus! It is like a never- failing stream
or fountain of life whichandedveedrs. truenrsryd. 7
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Wheeler, 3fich.
Matt. 8: 17. Likewise his a postles went
forth healing the sick, and doing won-derful
things in the name of Jesus, and
their work was wrought by the power of
God. So we find the doctrine of divine
healing is no new doctrine, as it is a
part of the word of God, and it has
been the privilege of his faithful children
in all ages past to claim his promises, and
be healed of their diseases.
Testimony of Healing.
God's Healing Power.
The Lord has saved me from all sin
and sanctified my nature and brought me
out of sectism and placed me in the one
body of Christ., He isall in all to me.
We take the Lord for our family
Physician, and he heals all our diseases.
Last spring a year ago the Devil sorely
afflicted me with a pain in my back, so
that I had - no use of myself for three
weeks. They would move me from one
side of the bed to the other, but when I
called for the elders and complied with
the Word of God, praise the Lord! I
was healed instantly. The Lord is doing
more for me than I ' can even think or
ask. " If we walk in the light as he is
in the light, we have fellowship one with
another, and the blood of Jesus Christ
his Son cleanseth us from all sin." Pray
that I may ever be kept in the love of
Jesus. Eva A. High.
Gartierille, Ind., Feb. 10.
Cancer Healed.
Trial of the Heart.
BY ANN EAKMAN.
increased in the Lord, and the Lord
brought me through the trial with vic-tory
in my soul, and with a prayer that
these scriptures may help some one else
that is passing through trial.
" He becometh poor that dealeth with
a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent
maketh rich. He that gathereth in
summer is a wise son: but he that sleep-eth
in harvest is a son that causeth
shame."— Prov. 19: 4, 5.
44THE lining pot is for silver, and the
trieth the hearts."— Prov. 17: 3.
the Lord search the heart, I try the he
reigns, even to give every man according
to his ways, and according to the fruit of,
his doing."— Jer. 17: 10. " Examineine
0 Lord, and prove me; try my reigns,
and my heart."— Ps. 26 : 2.
So often the people will ask the Lord
to search their hearts and try them and
then when the Lord begins to send the
trial to try them they will begin to
draw back and get discouraged, and
when God's word begins to go forth to
prove them they find that they are not
measuring to the word of God and they
again begin to draw back, and then fall
into the snares of the enemy. " Now
the just shall live by faith: but if any
man draw back, my soul shall have no
pleasure in him." — Heb. 10: 38. The
Lord has a right to try us, and to prove
us. He proved the children of Israel to
see if they would walk in his laws or
not. Ex. 16: 4. Also he proved them
to do them good ( Dent. 8: 16), and that
they would not sin. Ex. 20: 20.
Now, dear ones, do you not see that
God does nothing only what is for the
good of his children? " Beloved, think
it not strange concerning the fiery trial
which is to try you, as through some
strange thing happened unto you."- 1
Pet. 4: 12. When we are cast into the
furnace of trial, let us not look back,
but let us sink deeper into the will of
God. " No man, having put his hand
to the plough, and looking back, is fit
for the kingdom of God."— Luke 9: 62.
Let us press right on and be encouraged,
for " the steps of a good man are ordered
by the Lord" ( Ps. 37: 23), and " the
Lord knoweth how to deliver the gt7o, dly
out of temptation.''- 2 Pet. 2: 9; 1 Cor.
10: 13.
" Many shall be purified, and made
white, and tried; but the wicked shall
o wickedly: and none of the wicked
hall understand; but the wise shall
nderstand."— Dan. 12: 10. Let every
ne be determined to stand the trying:
` Be of good courage, and let us behave
urselves valiantly" ( 1 Chron. - 19: 13);
or God has chosen us in the furnace of
Motion. Isa. 48: 10. Read Mal. 3: 3.
` Anti they shall be mine, saith the Lord
I hosts. "-- 3: 17. '' He that shall
ndure unto the end, - the same shall be
ved.''— Alark 13: 13. At one time hen I, was passing through a severe
iat, the Lord broughtthese scriptures
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nd not so much at the trial, and my
onfidence got stronger and my faith